EXCELSIOR

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

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Literature

Science fiction

Popular culture

Sports and games

Science and technology

Places

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.

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:

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★ Stan Lee, who popularized it and used it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in the Marvel Comics

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★ the Al Gore character in ''South Park's'' "Manbearpig" episode

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★ Jean Shepherd – "Excelsior you fathead!" is his full catchphrase

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★ Mark Scott (radio host) of Detroit, who used "Excelsior" as his trademark sign off

★ Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label from the Netherlands

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

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 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.

Places

★ 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.

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★ “The Excelsior” is a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong operated by Mandarin Oriental