Astoria
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Astoria can mean:
[edit] Cities, villages, and towns in the United States
(listed in order of population)
- Astoria, Queens, formerly an independent town, now part of Queens in New York City
- The city of Astoria, Oregon
- The village of Astoria, Illinois
- The town of Astoria, South Dakota
[edit] Famous places
- The London Astoria, a music venue
- Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg
- The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
- Astoria (Budapest), a major junction in downtown Budapest, named after Astoria Grand Hotel at its corner
- Function hall in Helsinki, Finland
- Astoria Canyon, a submarine abyss 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River
[edit] Other
- Astoria (travelogue), a travelogue by Washington Irving
- Astoria (airline), a short-lived domestic airline in Canada.
- A fictional character from Cerebus the Aardvark
- Several ships have been named USS Astoria
- So Long, Astoria, an album by The Ataris
- Astoria Left Behind, an album by Slipknot
- Astoria is said to be the wife of Muppet Show character Waldorf
- Astoria Bydgoszcz, a sport association and basketball team in Bydgoszcz, Poland, established in 1920
- Astoria (recording studio), David Gilmour's recording studio/houseboat
- Astoria, an album by The Shys
- Astoria, the Ephebian goddess of love in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
- Astoria is a non-existent country in Jura Soyfer's play of the same name.
