Excelsior is a Latin word meaning "ever upward". Though an adjective, it is sometimes used in English as an interjection.
It may refer to:
Named vehicles[]
Steam vehicles[]
Several steam vehicles are named Excelsior;
- Burrell no. 3725 Showman's Engine
- Burrell no. 3878 Showman's Engine
- Burrell no. 3895 Traction Engine
- Burrell no. 3903 Traction Engine
- Clayton & Shuttleworth no. 34980 Steam roller
- Fowler ploughing engine no. 14382
- Fowler Road Locomotive no. 15323
- Marshall, Sons & Co. traction engine no. 48341
- Tasker traction engine no. 352
Science fiction[]
- USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek
- Excelsior class starship, in Star Trek
Motto and catchphrase[]
- "Excelsior", the official motto of the state of New York (seen on its seal)
Companies, organisations and institutions[]
- 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
- Excelsior-Henderson, produced 4-cylinder motorcycles from 1912 until 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, a common high school and grammar school name
- Excelsior, a common hotel name
- TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network
- Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota
Places[]
Canada[]
- Excelsior, Alberta
South Africa[]
- Excelsior, Free State
United States[]
- Excelsior, California
- Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
- Excelsior, Minnesota
- 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
- Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
- 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
Sports and games[]
- Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club
- Excelsior Stadium, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division
Science and technology[]
- Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a wood sliver material used for packaging, for the pads in evaporative coolers, and for other applications
- Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
- Fraxinus excelsior, the Linnaean name for the European Ash tree
- Excelsior Manxman, a motorcycle
- Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
- St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft
Other[]
- 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
- Excelsior Brass Band, a brass band from New Orleans. It was one of the earliest recognized brass bands on the New Orleans jazz scene
- Excelsior Editions, a trade imprint of the book publisher SUNY Press
- XCELSIOR, a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries
Other vehicles[]
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