Valentia
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Valentia may refer to:
- Valentia IslandValentia IslandValentia Island is one of Ireland's westernmost points, lying off the Iveragh Peninsula in the southwest of County Kerry, Ireland. It is linked to the mainland by the Maurice O'Neill Memorial bridge at Portmagee, as well as by a ferry which sails from Reenard Point to Knightstown, the island's...
, off the coast of Ireland - Valentia (Roman Britain)Valentia (Roman Britain)Valentia was the name of a consular northern province of Roman Britain.-History:Count Theodosius set up Valentia in 369 AD as part of his reorganisation of Britain following the Great Conspiracy, and probably named it after the reigning emperors, Valentinian and Valens.Ammianus tells of how the...
, a province of Roman Britain - Valence, DrômeValence, DrômeValence is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, south of Lyon on the railway to Marseilles.Its inhabitants are called Valentinois...
, France, known in Roman times as Valentia - NuragusNuragusNuragus is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km north of Cagliari...
, Sardinia, Italy, known in Roman times as Valentia - Valencia, Spain, known in Roman times as Valentia
- Vibo ValentiaVibo ValentiaVibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center . There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of...
, a city in Italy - Province of Vibo ValentiaProvince of Vibo ValentiaThe Province of Vibo Valentia is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro...
, a province of Italy - Two aircraft by VickersVickersVickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
:- The Vickers Valentia flying boat
- The Vickers Valentia troop transport
- The latinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
word for brave - Valentia (Hagerstown, Maryland)Valentia (Hagerstown, Maryland)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...
a building on the U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
See also
- Valencia (disambiguation)
- Velantia III, a fictional planet in the Lensmen books.