Victor
English
Alternative forms
- (given name): Victour (obsolete)
Etymology
From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”).
Proper noun
Victor
- A male given name.
- 1988 Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics (1999), ISBN 014018855X, page 53-54:
- 'Well, it's you mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
- 1988 Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics (1999), ISBN 014018855X, page 53-54:
- The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- A city in Colorado.
- A city in Idaho.
- A town in Iowa.
- A census-designated place in Montana.
- A town in New York.
Related terms
Translations
male given name
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vik.tɔʁ/
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German
Norwegian
Swedish
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vïk̟̚˧˦ tɔ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˧˥ tɔ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
- Phonetic: vích to
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