Excelsior

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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning "higher", "superior", "lordly", can refer to any of the following:

Education

• Excelsior College, an associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree-granting institution in Albany, New York

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.
• A newspaper published at Brooklyn College

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.

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 nerd club residing in "the refuge of the damned" in The Simpsons fifth season episode The Last Temptation of Homer
  • the Al Gore character in South Park\'s "Manbearpig" episode
  • "Excelsior you fathead!," the full catchphrase of radio personality Jean Shepherd
  • "Excelsior," the trademark sign off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott (radio host)
• Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label from the Netherlands

Sports and games

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

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 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.

Places

In Mexico:

• Instituto Excélsior (Colegio Excelsior), in Monterrey, Nuevo León

In South Africa:

• Excelsior, Free State

In the United States:

• The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
• Excelsior, Minnesota
• Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Wisconsin
• Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Excelsior Township, Michigan
• Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone

• “Excelsior” is a common hotel name, including instances in Rome, London, Naples, ...
  • The Excelsior is a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong operated by Mandarin Oriental
  • The Excelsior Hotel is a luxury four-star landmark in Manhattan\'s Upper West Side, New York, USA.

Other

• Motorwagenfabriek Excelsior, a defunct Swiss car make
• Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, A Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 to 1932.

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