Excelsior
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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning 'higher', can refer to any of the following:
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Arts, literature and recreation
- "Excelsior" is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- "Excelsior" is also a poem by Walt Whitman.
- Excélsior is a newspaper published in Mexico City.
- "Excelsior" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse.
- USS Excelsior, a starship in Star Trek
- Excelsior, a support group for former teenage superheroes. Introduced in the first arc of the comic book Runaways second series.
- "Excelsior" is a chess problem by Sam Loyd
- Excelsior Rotterdam, a football club
- "Excelsior" was the signoff in Stan's Soapbox, Stan Lee's editorial column in Marvel Comics.
- In the English dub of the third Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers season, the heavy spinal-mount cannon aboard Gamilon capital ships were called Excelsiors.
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Objects and inventions
- Excelsior The Motto of the State of New York
- Excelsior a car
- Excelsior, a chess engine
- A type of packaging material similar to wood shavings (aka Wood Wool) also traditionally used for stuffing Teddy Bears and still commonly used for filling the muzzles of collectible bears.
- Several historical motorcycle manufacturers are called Excelsior — see: "Excelsior"
- Project Excelsior - high altitude skydiving NASA project in the 1950s
- Excelsior is the name of a South African wine company
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Places
- Excelsior is the official motto of New York State
- Excelsior, Free State, is a town in South Africa
- The Excelsior District, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States
- Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
- Excelsior College, a 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 is a common hotel name.
- "The Excelsior" is a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong operated by Mandarin Oriental