1a state of SE Australia; population 5,313,823 (2008); capital, Melbourne. Originally a district of New South Wales, it became a separate colony in 1851 and was federated with the other states of Australia in 1901.
2a port at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, capital of British Columbia; population 78,057 (2006).
3the capital of the Seychelles, a port on the island of Mahé; population 26,000 (est. 2007).
4the administrative centre of Hong Kong; population 981,700 (est. 2006).
Victoria in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Victoria in the US English dictionary
