Astoria
Astoria may refer to:
Populated places in the United States
(listed in order of population)
- Astoria, Queens, neighborhood in New York City
- Astoria, Oregon
- Astoria, Illinois
- Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois
- Astoria, South Dakota
Other locations
- Astoria, Budapest, a major junction in central Budapest, named after the Astoria Grand Hotel at its corner
- Astoria Boulevard, a boulevard in New York City
- Astoria Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line), subway stop along the boulevard
- Astoria Canyon, a submarine abyss 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Astoria (Discworld), the Ephebian goddess of love in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
- Astoria (muppet), wife of Muppet Show character Waldorf
- Astoria Greengrass, the wife of Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series
- Astoria, fictional character from Cerebus the Aardvark
- Astoria, fictional country in Jura Soyfer's play of the same name
Film
- Astoria (film), a 2000 film about a Greek-American family, directed by Nick Efteriades
Literature
- Astoria (book), an 1836 account of the founding of Astoria, Oregon by Washington Irving
- Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival (2014), a similar account by Peter Stark, published by Ecco Press
Music
- Astoria, an album by The Shys
- So Long, Astoria, an album by The Ataris
- Astoria (Marianas Trench album)
Computing and technology
- "Project Astoria", nickname for ADO.NET Data Services
Edifices and enterprises
- Astoria (cinema), a cinema in Stockholm, Sweden
- Astoria (recording studio), David Gilmour's recording studio/houseboat
- Astoria, Amsterdam, a Jugendstil Office building in Amsterdam which served as the international headquarters of Greenpeace
- Astoria Theatre, Brighton, a theatre in Brighton, England
- Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, a U.S. Coast Guard facility in Astoria, Oregon
- Fort Astoria, an historic fur trading station located in modern Astoria, Oregon
- London Astoria, a former music venue
Hotels
- Hotel Astoria (Copenhagen), Denmark
- Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg), Russia
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, hotel in New York City
Sports
- Astoria Bydgoszcz, a sport association and basketball team in Bydgoszcz, Poland, established in 1924
- FC Astoria Walldorf, a German association football club from the town of Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg.
Vessels
- MS Astoria, a cruise ship in service with Transocean Tours 2002-2009
- SS Astoria, a steamship
- USS Astoria, several U.S. Navy vessels
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