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Excelsior
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Excelsior, a Latin word meaning “higher,” can refer to any of the following:
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- “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.
- USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek.
- Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes.
- “Excelsior!” is the catchphrase of:
- Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in the Marvel Comics.
- the Al Gore character in South Park's "Manbearpig" episode.
- Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label from the Netherlands
- 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
- 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 NASA 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.
- Excelsior, Free State, is a town in South Africa
- The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
- Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
- Excelsior College, an associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree-granting institution in Albany, New York
- 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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