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Monday, March 26, 2018

Excelsior, a Latin word often translated as "ever upward" or "still higher", may refer to:

Arts and entertainment




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Literature and poetry

  • "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
  • "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
  • "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

  • Excelsior Recordings, an independent record label from the Netherlands
  • Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans
  • "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by Michael William Balfe
  • "Excelsior!", a concert overture by Wilhelm Stenhammar

Science fiction

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

Journals and newspapers

  • Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City
  • Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

Other

  • Excelsior!, 1901 short film
  • TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network
  • Excelsior Editions, a trade imprint of the book publisher SUNY Press
  • Excelsior, an 1881 ballet by Luigi Manzotti

Mottos and catchphrases


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New York City for A Walk Through Central Park â€" Jrrny. Source : jrrny.com

  • "Excelsior" (motto), the official motto of the state of New York (seen on its seal)
  • "Excelsior!", the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who often used it at the end of "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics
  • "Excelsior", the characteristic sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott
  • Motto of the Special Jaegers

Sports


Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper
Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper. Source : envirosolar.info

Association football

  • Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club
  • Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club
  • Excelsior Maassluis, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands
  • Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club
  • Excelsior Stadium, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division
  • AS Excelsior, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island
  • Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club
  • F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional
  • SBV Excelsior, a Dutch association football club
  • SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club
  • SS Excelsior (football club), a club from Réunion Island established in 1940

Other

  • Excelsior Alpine Club, a traditional alpine climbing club in Budapest, Hungary
  • Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually
  • Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby team that plays in the ILT Southland Wide Premier Division
  • Excelsior of Brooklyn, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York
  • New York Excelsior, an American professional Overwatch eSports team based in New York City, New York

Schools


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Rooms and Suites in New York City | The Excelsior Hotel | New York .... Source : www.excelsiorhotelny.com

  • Excelsior Academy, a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Excelsior College, in Albany, New York
  • Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name
    • Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) (1903â€"1981)
    • Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904â€"1964)
    • Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in Pasadena, California
    • Excelsior High School, Washougal, Washington

Hotels and restaurants


Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper
Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper. Source : envirosolar.info

  • Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam
  • Excelsior, a common hotel name
    • Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908â€"1945)
    • Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863)
    • The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Places


Rooms and Suites in New York City | The Excelsior Hotel | New York ...
Rooms and Suites in New York City | The Excelsior Hotel | New York .... Source : www.excelsiorhotelny.com

Canada

  • Excelsior, Alberta

South Africa

  • Excelsior, Free State

United States

  • Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
  • Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
  • Excelsior, Minnesota
  • Excelsior, Missouri
  • Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri
  • Excelsior, Nevada
  • Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation)
    • Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia
    • Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia
    • Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia
  • Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
    • Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin
    • Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin
  • The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
  • Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
  • Excelsior Mountains, in western Nevada in the United States
  • Excelsior Springs, Missouri
  • Excelsior Township, Michigan

Transportation


Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper
Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper. Source : envirosolar.info

  • Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993
  • Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931
    • Henderson Motorcycle, a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931
    • Excelsior Super X, a motorcycle made by the above company from 1925 to 1931
  • Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919
  • Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932
  • Excelsior Motor Company, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker
    • Excelsior Manxman, a motorcycle made by the above company
  • Xcelsior (bus), a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries
  • Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
  • St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft
  • Excelsior (smack), the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet
  • SS Excelsior (ship), one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior

Nature


New York City NY Bed bug Hotel and Apartment Reports
New York City NY Bed bug Hotel and Apartment Reports. Source : www.bedbugreports.com

  • Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a wood sliver material used for packaging, for the pads in evaporative coolers, and for other applications
  • Fraxinus excelsior, the scientific name for the European ash tree
  • Excelsior eight-eight (Callicore excelsior), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America
  • Acraea excelsior, a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in eastern Africa.

Typefaces


Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper
Excelsior Hotel New York : Hotel Image and Wallpaper. Source : envirosolar.info

  • "Excelsior", the American term for a three-point font size
  • Excelsior (typeface), a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint
  • Fixedsys Excelsior, an unofficial pan-Unicode extension of the popular Microsoft font Fixedsys

Other


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Luxury Dubai Hotel | Grand Excelsior Hotel Bur Dubai | Luxury .... Source : preferredhotels.com

  • Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota
  • Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
  • Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
  • Excelsior JET, a Java compiler
  • Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
  • Excelsior Brigade, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War

See also



  • All pages beginning with "Excelsior"
  • All pages with a title containing Excelsior
  • Excel (disambiguation)


 
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