Alexandra

See also: alexandra

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)

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. (astronomy) Short for 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
3. A town in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Related terms

• Alex
• Alexa
• Lexa
• Lexi

• Lexie
• Sandy
• Sandra
• Sasha

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Alexandra (cs)
• Danish: Alexandra
• Estonian: Aleksandra
• Faroese: Aleksandra f
• 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: Алекса́ндра (mk) f (Aleksándra)
• Malay: Iskandariah
• Manx: Alistreeney f
• Norwegian: Alexandra (no)
• Portuguese: Alexandra (pt) f
• Romanian: Alexandra f
• Russian: Алекса́ндра (ru) f (Aleksándra)
• Shona: ^{(please verify)} Sinayara, ^{(please verify)} Sinayarita
• Spanish: Alejandra (es)
• Swedish: Alexandra (sv)

Asteroid

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Czech

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. A female given name.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alexandra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sandra

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil): IPA^(key): /a.le.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/
• (Portugal): IPA^(key): /əɫɨˈʃə̃dɾə/

Proper noun

Alexandra f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra

Related terms

• Alexandre (masculine form)

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Romanian

Proper noun

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

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɛksandra/

Proper noun

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

1. A female given name.

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 korpus.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.

Related terms

• Sandra