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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning “higher,” can refer to any of the following: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Literature

• “Excelsior!” the official motto of New York State, from the state seal.
• Excelsior (Longfellow), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• Excelsior (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman.
• Excelsior (short story), a short story by P. G. Wodehouse.
• Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City.

State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The New York State seal is the same as the flag, but in a seal. ... Longfellows poem was originally printed in the 1841 edition of Ballads and Other Poems, which also included other well-known poems such as The Wreck of the Hesperus Excelsior is a brief poem written and published in 1841 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ... Excelsior is a poem by Walt Whitman. ... Excelsior is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the U.K. edition of Argosy magazine on July 1, 1948 under the title The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge, and was later included in the collection Nothing Serious (1951). ... Excélsior is daily newspaper, founded by Rafael Alducin and published in Mexico City since 1917. ...

Science fiction

• USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek.
• Excelsior-class, a starship class in Star Trek.
• Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes.

The USS Excelsior in 2293 The USS Excelsior is a starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), an Excelsior class starship. ... Excelsior are a group of fictional characters, a support group for former teenage superheroes, founded by Turbo of the New Warriors and Phil Urich, the heroic former Green Goblin. ...

Popular Culture

• “Excelsior!” is the catchphrase of:
  • Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in the Marvel Comics
  • the Al Gore character in South Park's "Manbearpig" episode
  • Jean Shepherd – "Excelsior you fathead!" is his full catchphrase
  • Mark Scott (radio host) of Detroit, who used "Excelsior" as his trademark sign off
• Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label from the Netherlands
  • A prestigious guild from the game World of Warcraft based in the Muradin server.

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1921[1]) is an American writer, editor, was the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist. ... ManBearPig is episode 1006 (#145) of Comedy Centrals South Park and originally aired on April 26, 2006. ... Jean Shepherd posed as Frederick R. Ewing on the back cover of Ballantines I, Libertine (1956). ... Mark Scott (1936 - April 26, 2005) Mr. ... Excelsior Records is a record label based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ...

Sports and games

• Excelsior, a chess engine
• Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
• Excelsior Rotterdam, a Dutch football (soccer) club
• Excelsior Mouscron, a Belgian football (soccer) club

A chess engine is a computer program that can play the game of chess, it can also refer not just to a program, but to a whole hardware machine. ... A chess engine is a computer program that can play the game of chess, it can also refer not just to a program, but to a whole hardware machine. ... Sam Loyd, London Era, 1861 White to move and mate in five with the least likely piece or pawn. Excelsior is one of Sam Loyds most famous chess problems, originally published in London Era in 1861, named after the poem Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ... Excelsior is a professional football club from Rotterdam, in the Kralingen-Crooswijk district. ... R.E. Mouscron is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. ...

Science and technology

• Excelsior (wood wool) an Aspen-fiber material similar to wood shavings, used for packaging and for stuffing Teddy Bears, and for cooling pads in evaporative air conditioners
• Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving NASA project in the 1950s
• Excelsior (motorcycle manufacturer), several distinct historical motorcycle manufacturers
• Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
• Fraxinus excelsior is the Linnaen name for the European Ash tree.

U.S. Patent 6,183,579 on a method of making cooling pads of excelsior, and illustrating such a pad Excelsior is a wood product made of aspen fibers, used in packaging, cushioning, stuffing of stuffed animals, and for the cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp... Joseph W. Kittinger II (1928- ) next to the Excelsior gondola Kittingers record-breaking skydive Project Excelsior was a series of high-altitude parachute jumps made by Captain (later Colonel) Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system. ... Excelsior is the name of several historical makes of motorcycle: Excelsior (Bourgoin) Excelsior (Brandenburg) Excelsior (Chicago) Excelsior (Coventry) Excelsior (München) Excelsior-Henderson Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine) Category: ... The Excelsior Diamond was found on June 30, 1893 at the Jagersfontein mine by a worker while loading a truck. ... Binomial name Fraxinus excelsior L. The European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a tall tree, native to most of Europe, with the exception of northern Scandinavia (the northernmost location is in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway) and southern Mediterranean Europe. ...

Places

• Excelsior, Free State, is a town in South Africa

• The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
• Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
• Excelsior College, an associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree-granting institution in Albany, New York
• Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
• Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States
• Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia, United States
• Excelsior, Wisconsin, United States
• Excelsior Springs, Missouri, United States

• “Excelsior” is a common hotel name.
  • “The Excelsior” is a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong operated by Mandarin Oriental

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