The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valencia \Va*len"ci*a\, n. [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.] A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of valencia English)
Wikipedia
Valentia may refer to:
- Valentia Island, off the coast of Ireland
- Valentia (Roman Britain), a province of Roman Britain
- Valence, Drôme, France, known in Roman times as Valentia
- Nuragus, Sardinia, Italy, known in Roman times as Valentia
- Valencia, Spain, known in Roman times as Valentia
- Vibo Valentia, a city in Italy
- Province of Vibo Valentia, a province of Italy
- Two aircraft by Vickers:
- The Vickers Valentia flying boat
- The Vickers Valentia troop transport
- Valentia (Hagerstown, Maryland) a building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- a synonym for Scotlandia (as †Valentia morrochensis Smith 1907), an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Prioniodinidae
Valentia ( Latin for "Land of Valens") was probably one of the Roman provinces of the Diocese of "the Britains" in late Antiquity. Its position, capital, and even existence remain a matter of scholarly debate. It was not mentioned in the Verona List compiled around 312 and so was probably formed out of one or more of the other provinces established during the Diocletian Reforms. Some scholars propose Valentia was a new name for the entire diocese, but the List of Offices names it as a consular-rank province along with Maxima Caesariensis and the other equestrian-ranked provinces. Present hypotheses for the placement of Valentia include Wales, with its capital at Deva ( Chester); Cumbria south of Hadrian's Wall, with its capital at Luguvalium ( Carlisle); and the lands between the Antonine Wall and Hadrian's Wall, possibly with a capital at Habitancum ( Risingham).
Valentia is a historic home located at Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a large -story L-shaped stone farmhouse, facing south overlooking Antietam Creek. The house features a flat-roofed, one-story porch covers the south door and flanking windows and is supported by four Doric columns resting on stone piers. Also on the property is a small tenant house and Miller's House, constructed of the same stone as the main house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Usage examples of "valentia".
He chose Valentia Bay in the extreme southwest of Ireland, in County Kerry, because it was sheltered from the fierce Atlantic rollers and featured a smoothly shelving, sandy shore.
Sir Peter was very popular with his tenants, for, unlike many Irish landlords in the nineteenth century, he lived on his estate on Valentia Island and built substantial homesteads for many of these tenants.
There had been an ongoing stream of messages between the ship and the shore since the flotilla had departed Valentia Bay, but now there was nothing.
The knight of Kerry was absent in Dingle, across Dingle Bay from Valentia, but he soon arrived in a Royal Navy gunboat.
Field had met Brunel by chance on a railroad returning from Valentia to London.
At Valentia, a new landing spot for the cable had been selected, Foilhummerum Bay on Valentia Island, where steep cliffs fell to the sea in a scene of wild beauty.
Although Valentia had been expecting it, the signal was still thrilling when it came after a year of silence.
As Valentia lay on the Turis River and the wide alluvial plains of the Turis were rich and intensively farmed, Pompey increased his speed.
Spain, then Sertorius, sitting in Segontia in early May, could not hope to relieve Valentia before the end of June-and that, his scouts assured Pompey, only if Sertorius learned to fly!
But that you do not reach the Turis and Valentia until the end of June.
Perperna may try to contain you at Valentia or on the Turis somewhere, but I think their orders will be to fall back to Sertorius on the Sucro.
A few mines-a fire along a section made of wood- finding and cutting off the water supply-and Valentia surrendered.
And then when he had located himself here by the Sucro, with Herennius and Perperna in good position near Valentia to soften Pompey up, Diana disappeared.
When day succeeded day without a sign of it, morale plummeted, the decline fueled by that stupid disaster at Valentia which Perperna had brought on when he refused to work with poor loyal Gaius Herennius.
And how did Valentia come to have a household in his town without his knowing about it?