Invicta (Latin for "unvanquished") may refer to:
Companies
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Invicta (company), an Italian outdoor equipment manufacturer
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Invicta Bus Services, a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia
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Invicta International Airlines
Invicta International Airlines Ltd was a charter airline based at Manston Airport in the United Kingdom. It operated non-scheduled passenger and freight services between 1965 and 1982.
Company history 1960s
Invicta International Airlines was fo ...
, a UK charter airline from 1965 to 1982
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Invicta Watch Group
Invicta is an American watch designer and manufacturer headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. Invicta began as a Swiss watch company in 1837 founded by Raphael Picard in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. , a Florida-based watch company
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Invicta Plastics
Invicta Plastics Ltd. was a plastics manufacturing company, founded in 1946 by Edward Jones-Fenleigh (Incorporated as a PLC in 1951, previously Invicta Industries).) They had a headquarters in Oadby up until 2009, when they moved to Scudamore Road ...
, a British plastic business; holder of the rights to ''
Mastermind
Mastermind, Master Mind or The Mastermind may refer to:
Fictional characters
* Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde), a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics, a title also held by his daughters:
** Martinique Jason, the first daughter and successor of th ...
''
Places
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Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
, also known as the ''cidade invicta'' (unvanquished city)
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Invicta Park Barracks
Invicta Park Barracks is a military installation in Maidstone, Kent.
History Maidstone Barracks
Permanent barracks were first established in Maidstone as part of the British response to the threat of the French Revolution in 1797. Maidstone Barr ...
, a military installation in Maidstone, Kent
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Invicta Grammar School, academy in Maidstone, Kent, England
Music
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''Invicta'' (Hit the Lights album), 2012
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''Invicta'' (The Enid album), 2012
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Radio Invicta (London), a 1970s/1980s
pirate radio
Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license.
In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially ...
station in London
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Radio 390 (formerly Invicta), a 1960s
offshore radio
Offshore radio is radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures. Offshore broadcasters are usually unlicensed but transmissions are legal in international waters. This is in contrast to unlicensed broadcasting on land or within a na ...
station
* Invicta Radio (now
Heart Kent
Heart Kent (previously Invicta FM) was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Kent from studios at John Wilson Business Park in Whitstable.
History
Invicta in the 80s
Originall ...
), a licensed radio station in Kent
Transportation
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Invicta (car)
Invicta is a British automobile manufacturer. The brand has been available intermittently through successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England, from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England, from 19 ...
, a British make of car
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Buick Invicta
The Buick Invicta is a full-size automobile produced by Buick from 1959 to 1963. The Invicta was a continuation of the intermediate Buick Super that mated the standard size Buick LeSabre (pre-1959, Buick Special) body with Buick's larger 401 cubi ...
, a car made by American manufacturer Buick from 1959 to 1963, and 2008 concept car
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''Invicta'' (locomotive), an early steam locomotive
* , a number of ships with this name
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Invicta (sailboat), a fibreglass hulled sailboat
Related to the English county of Kent
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Invicta (motto)
''Invicta'' is a Latin word meaning undefeated or unconquered. It has been used in mottoes like ''Roma invicta'' (Latin for "Unconquered Rome"), and it is the motto of the county of Kent, England.
Theories of origin
"''Invicta''" has been a mot ...
, motto of the county of Kent, England
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White horse of Kent, also known as ''Invicta'', the prancing horse symbol
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List of organisations in Kent named Invicta
Sports
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Invicta Ground, a former football stadium in Plumstead, England, closed ca. 1894
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Invicta Fighting Championships
Invicta Fighting Championships, also known as Invicta FC, is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion dedicated to Women's mixed martial arts that was founded in 2012 by Janet Martin and Shannon Knapp. The promotion is currentl ...
, an American mixed martial arts organization focused on female fighters
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Kent Invicta
Kent Invicta is a defunct rugby league team that were based in Maidstone, Kent and later Southend in Essex.
History Kent Invicta RLFC and Southend Invicta RLFC
''Kent Invicta RLFC'' was formed by a local businessman, Paul Faires, and Jim Thompso ...
, a defunct rugby team
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Maidstone Invicta, founding name of Maidstone United Football Club
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Folkestone Invicta, a football club based in Folkestone, Kent
See also
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* Invicta Flag, alternate name for the
Flag of Kent
* ''Cidade Invicta'', alternate name for
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
, a city in Portugal
* ''Città Invicta'', alternate name for
Senglea
Senglea ( mt, L-Isla ), also known by its title Città Invicta (or Civitas Invicta), is a fortified city in the South Eastern Region of Malta. It is one of the Three Cities in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being Cospicua and Vittorios ...
, a city in Malta
* ''Solenopsis invicta'', the scientific name for the
red imported fire ant
The red imported fire ant (''Solenopsis invicta''), also known as the fire ant or RIFA, is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus '' Solenopsis'' in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was described by Swiss entomologist Fel ...
* ''Semper Invicta'', the motto of
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
, Poland
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Invictus (disambiguation)
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Radio Invicta (disambiguation)
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Unvanquished (disambiguation)
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