Excelsior

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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning 'higher', can refer to any of the following:

[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 - high altitude skydiving NASA project in the 1950s
• Excelsior (motorcycle manufacturer): several distinct historical motorcycle manufacturers
• 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

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