English Explanatory Dictionary

Alexandria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, port, and former capital of Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse.
  2. Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
  3. Former name of Iskandariya: a city in central Iraq.
  4. Former name of Iskenderun: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  5. Former name of Kandahar: a city in southern Afghanistan.
  6. Former name of Bagram: a city in eastern Afghanistan.
  7. Former name of Ghazni: a city in eastern Afghanistan.
  8. Former name of Mary: a city in Turkmenistan.
  9. Former name of Khujand: a city in Tajikistan.
  10. Alternative form of Alessandria: a city in Piedmont, Italy.
  11. A governorate of Egypt around the city.
  12. A number of places in the United States:

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Alexandria

Etymology

From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.

Synonyms

Alexandretta Merv

Related words

Alexandretta Alexandria Eschate Alexandrine Alexandropolis

Derived words

Alexandrian AOC

Translations

Afrikaans: Alexandrië Albanian: Aleksandri Amharic: እስክንድርያ Amharic: አሌክስዳንድርያ Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة Arabic: اسكندريه Aragonese: Aleixandría Aragonese: Alexandría Aramaic: ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա Asturian: Alexandría Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə Azerbaijani: Aleksandriya Bashkir: Искәндәриә Basque: Alexandria Belarusian: Александрыя Bengali: ইস্কান্দরিয়া Breton: Aleksandria Bulgarian: Александри́я Catalan: Alexandria Chinese Mandarin: 亞歷山卓 /亚历山卓 Chinese Mandarin: 亞歷山大港 /亚历山大港 Chinese Mandarin: 亞歷山大 /亚历山大 Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ Coptic: ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Coptic: ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ Czech: Alexandrie Danish: Alexandria Dhivehi: އިސްކަންދަރިއްޔާ Dutch: Alexandrië Esperanto: Aleksandrio Estonian: Aleksandria Extremaduran: Alejandria Finnish: Aleksandria Finnish: Alexandria French: Alexandrie Middle French: Alexandrie North Frisian: Alexandria West-Frisian: Aleksanderje West-Frisian: Aleksandrje Galician: Alexandría Georgian: ალექსანდრია German: Alexandria German: Alexandrien Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Gujarati: ઇસ્કંદરિયા Hausa: Isƙandariya Hebrew: אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּה Hindi: अलेक्ज़ेंड्रिया Hungarian: Alexandria
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