Alexandra

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + άνδρα (andra), genitive of άνδρας (anēra, “man, human”). Feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.
   • 1863 Alfred Tennyson: A Welcome to Alexandra :

     Sea-king's daughter from over the sea, / Alexandra! / Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, / But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, / Alexandra!

   • 2008 Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 588

     'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'

     'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'

2. A town in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Wikipedia

Related terms

• Alex
• Alexa
• Lexi
• Lexie
• Sandy
• Sandra
• Sasha

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Alexandra
• Danish: Alexandra
• Estonian: Aleksandra
• Finnish: Aleksandra
• French: Alexandra (fr)
• German: Alexandra (de)
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρα (el) f (Alexándra)
• Italian: Alessandra (it)
• Japanese: アレクサンドラ (Arekusandora)
• Latvian: Aleksandra f

• Macedonian: Александра (mk) f (Aleksándra)
• Malay: Iskandariah
• Manx: Alistreeney f
• Norwegian: Alexandra (no)
• Portuguese: Alexandra f
• Russian: Алекса́ндра (ru) (Aleksándra)
• Shona: Sinayara, Sinayarita
• Spanish: Alejandra (es)
• Swedish: Alexandra (sv)

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Czech

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexandr.

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. A female given name.

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra, Sascha

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexandre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ləɡ.zɑ̃.dʁa/

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Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra, Sandrine

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil): IPA^(key): /ɐliˈʃɐ̃dɾɐ/
• (Portugal): IPA^(key): /əɫɨˈʃə̃dɾə/

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alexandra.

Related terms

• (masculine form): Alexandre

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra