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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of northern Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago east of Banks Island.
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Examples
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At the Eko roundabout bus stop on Victoria Island, this passenger says her bags were checked when she boarded the LAGBUS.
Fear of Islamic Militant Attacks in Nigeria Spreads to Lagos 2011
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The high-pitched cries of a hawker selling beans on the street floated in through the window, further away, cars were nosing against one another in long, exhausted petrol lines, lecturers were gathering to announce another strike, pensioners were raising wilting placards demanding their pensions, and Aunty Uju, freshly graduated from Ibadan, had a job at the military hospital in Victoria Island.
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Talking with him as he poked around our walls and foundation, I learned, among other things, that he had lived on Canada's Victoria Island.
Paula Gordon: A Better Medium: Baha'i And The Future of Journalism Paula Gordon 2011
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Talking with him as he poked around our walls and foundation, I learned, among other things, that he had lived on Canada's Victoria Island.
Paula Gordon: A Better Medium: Baha'i And The Future of Journalism Paula Gordon 2011
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"It's about these energetic guys on bikes 'Feeling the Dew'," says Kunbi Oguneye, a banking executive from the affluent neighbourhood Victoria Island.
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At the Eko roundabout bus stop on Victoria Island, this passenger says her bags were checked when she boarded the LAGBUS.
Fear of Islamic Militant Attacks in Nigeria Spreads to Lagos 2011
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From there he'll take another plane to Victoria Island, in the archipelago of Canadian islands north of the Arctic Circle.
Warming Up to the Plaza Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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On Victoria Island, the city's commercial center, real estate is as expensive as in Manhattan.
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Kowloon peninsula and Victoria Island were ceded to Britain "in perpetuity".
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Our original plan would have seen us travel to Victoria Island, one of the northernmost islands of the archipelago that is Svalbard.
Beth Kapusta: Live Climate Science from the High Arctic: An Interview with Dr. Simon Boxall 2010
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