Alexandra

See also: alexandra

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Feminine form of Alexander.

The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844 - 1925).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzæn.dɹə/, /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzɑn.dɹə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/
• (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.dɹə]
• (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.dɹə]
• Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧dra
• Rhymes: -ɑ(ː)ndɹə, -ændɹə

Proper noun

Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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, 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. (astronomy) 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
3. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. A town in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Related terms

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

 

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Alexandra (cs)
• Danish: Alexandra
• Dutch: Alexandra (nl) f
• Estonian: Aleksandra
• Faroese: Aleksandra f
• Finnish: Aleksandra (fi)
• French: Alexandra (fr)
• German: Alexandra (de)
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρα (el) f (Alexándra)
• Icelandic: Alexandra (is) f
• Italian: Alessandra (it)
• Japanese: アレクサンドラ (Arekusandora)
• Latin: Alexandra f

• Latvian: Aleksandra f
• Macedonian: Алекса́ндра (mk) f (Aleksándra)
• Malay: Iskandariah (ms)
• Manx: Alistreeney f
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨 f (a-re-ka-sa-da-ra)
• Norwegian: Alexandra (no)
• Polish: Aleksandra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alexandra (pt) f
• Romanian: Alexandra f
• Russian: Алекса́ндра (ru) f (Aleksándra)
• Spanish: Alejandra (es)
• Swedish: Alexandra (sv)

Asteroid

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Etymology

From English Alexandra, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
2. (astronomy) the asteroid 54 Alexandra

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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalɛksandra]

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Related terms

• Sandra, Sascha

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Related terms

• Sandra

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁa/

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

Related terms

• Sandra, Sandrine

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alexandra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

Related terms

• Sandra

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Declension

declension of Alexandra

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Alexandra
accusative	Alexöndru
dative	Alexöndru
genitive	Alexöndru

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Related terms

• Sandra

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌa.leˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/, [ˌa.leˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ɐ.lɨˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/, [ɐ.lɨˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧dra
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

Related terms

• Alexandre (masculine form)
• Xana (pet form)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alexandra f (genitive/dative Alexandrei, male equivalent Alexandru)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaleksandra]

Proper noun

Alexandra f (genitive singular Alexandry, nominative plural Alexandry, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Declension

Declension of Alexandra

	singular	plural
nominative	Alexandra	Alexandry
genitive	Alexandry	Alexandier
dative	Alexandre	Alexandrám
accusative	Alexandru	Alexandry
locative	Alexandre	Alexandrách
instrumental	Alexandrou	Alexandrami

Derived terms

• Xandra
• Sandra
• Saša
• Šura
• Alexa
• Saška
• Šurka

Further reading

• Alexandra in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra c (genitive Alexandras)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra.

Related terms

• Sandra