Excelsior
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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning 'higher', can refer to any of the following:
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Science fiction
- USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek
- Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes.
- Excelsiors: In the English dub of the third Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers season, the heavy spinal-mount cannons aboard Gamilon capital ships.
[edit] Popular Culture
- "Excelsior!" is the catchphrase of Martin Prince in The Simpsons
- "Excelsior!" is the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every Bullpen Bulletins column in the Marvel comics.
- "Excelsior!" is the catchphrase of the Al Gore character in South Park's Manbearpig episode.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Places
- Excelsior, Free State, is a town in South Africa
- The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States
- Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
- Excelsior College, an associate's, bachelor's and master's degree-granting institution in Albany, New York, United States
- 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
