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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, n. [NL.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The {Victoria regia} is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet. 2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front. 3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also {Clio}. {Victoria cross}, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year. {Victoria green}. (Chem.) See {Emerald green}, under {Green}. {Victoria lily} (Bot.), the {Victoria regia}. See def. 1, above. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clio \Cli"o\, n. [L., fr Gr ? the proclaimer, fr ? to call tell of make famous.] (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over history. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n. A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called {Clio}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Clio n : (Greek mythology) the Muse of history [syn: {Clio}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Clio, AL (town, FIPS 15640) Location: 31.70928 N, 85.61055 W Population (1990): 1365 (513 housing units) Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36017 Clio, CA Zip code(s): 96106 Clio, IA (city, FIPS 14475) Location: 40.63472 N, 93.45185 W Population (1990): 103 (47 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50052 Clio, MI (city, FIPS 16620) Location: 43.17710 N, 83.73615 W Population (1990): 2629 (1218 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48420 Clio, SC (town, FIPS 15310) Location: 34.57854 N, 79.54642 W Population (1990): 882 (331 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29525 Clio, WV Zip code(s): 25046 From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history -- which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addressed by Messrs. Xenophon Herodotus and other popular speakers.
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