Alexander
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
- A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
- A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
- A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
- A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
- A minor city in McKenzie County, North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
- A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, Canada.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of alexander.
noun
- A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
- Any of genus Zizia of North American flowering plants.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre.
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