Alexandria

English

Etymology

From Latin Alexandrīa, Alexandrēa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), a city in Egypt bearing the name of its founder Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) (Alexander the Great).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/, /æləɡˈzændɹi.ə/

Proper noun

Alexandria

1. A city and port in Egypt.
2. A census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
3. A city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, USA
4. A city in Kentucky, USA, and one of the two county seats of Campbell County.
5. A city and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
6. A city in Minnesota, USA, and the county seat of Douglas County.
7. A city in Clark County, Missouri, USA
8. A village in Thayer County, Nebraska, USA
9. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
10. A town in Jefferson County, New York, USA
11. A village in Licking County, Ohio, USA
12. An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, USA
13. A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
14. A town in DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
15. An independent city in Virginia, USA
16. A city in Hanson County, South Dakota, USA
17. A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
18. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
19. A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
20. A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
21. A female given name.

Derived terms

• Alexandrian

Translations

city in Egypt

• Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة‎ f (al-ʾiskandariyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه‎ f (eskendereyya)

• Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա (Alekʿsandria)
• Bashkir: Искәндәриә (Iskändäriä)
• Bulgarian: Александрия f (Aleksandrija)
• Catalan: Alexandria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 (Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) (Yàlìshāndà)

• Coptic: Ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ (aleksandria), Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ (rakotə)
• Czech: Alexandrie (cs) f
• Danish: Alexandria
• Dutch: Alexandrië
• Estonian: Aleksandria
• Finnish: Aleksandria (fi)
• French: Alexandrie (fr)

  Middle French: Alexandrie

• German: Alexandria (de) f, Alexandrien (de) f
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (el) f (Alexándreia)

  Ancient: Ἀλεξάνδρεια f (Alexándreia)

• Hausa: Isƙandariya
• Hungarian: Alexandria (hu)
• Irish: Cathair Alastair f
• Italian: Alessandria (it) f
• Japanese: アレキサンドリア (Arekisandoria)

• Korean: 알렉산드리아 (alleksandeuria)
• Latin: Alexandrēa f, Alexandrīa f
• Latvian: Aleksandrija f
• Lithuanian: Aleksandrija f
• Macedonian: Алекса́ндрија f (Aleksándrija)
• Malay: Iskandariah
• Middle Persian: ʾlxsyndrgyrd (Alaxsindargird)
• Norwegian: Alexandria (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه‎
• Persian: اسکندریه‎ (Eskandariyye)
• Polish: Aleksandria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alexandria (pt) f
• Romanian: Alexandria f
• Russian: Александри́я (ru) f (Aleksandríja)
• Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija f
• Slovak: Alexandria (sk) f
• Slovene: Aleksandrija f
• Spanish: Alejandría (es) f
• Swedish: Alexandria
• Tagalog: Alehandriya
• Telugu: అలెగ్జాండ్రియా (alegjāṇḍriyā)
• Turkish: İskenderiye
• Uyghur: ئىسكەندەرىيە‎ (iskenderiye)

any of a number of cities bearing the same name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 (Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) (Yàlìshāndà)

• Finnish: Alexandria
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (el) f (Alexándreia)

  Ancient: Ἀλεξάνδρεια f (Alexándreia)

• Latin: Alexandrēa f, Alexandrīa f
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭋𐭉𐭇𐭎𐭍𐭃𐭓𐭉𐭀‎ (Alexsandariyā)
• Russian: Алекса́ндрия (ru) f (Aleksándrija)
• Spanish: Alejandría (es)

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 (Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) (Yàlìshāndà)

• Finnish: Aleksandra (fi)

• Russian: Алекса́ндра (ru) f (Aleksándra)
• Spanish: Alejandra (es) f

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Catalan

Proper noun

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (city in Egypt)

Related terms

• Alexandre
• alexandrí

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Danish

Proper noun

Alexandria

1. Alexandria

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Latin

Proper noun

Alexandrīa f (genitive Alexandrīae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Alexandrēa

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alexandrīa
Genitive	Alexandrīae
Dative	Alexandrīae
Accusative	Alexandrīam
Ablative	Alexandrīā
Vocative	Alexandrīa
Locative	Alexandrīae

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (a city and governorate of Egypt)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Alexandria

1. Alexandria