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/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alexandria

1. A city and port in Egypt.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana.
   3. A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Campbell County.
   4. A city, the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
   5. A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota.
   6. A city in Clark County, Missouri.
   7. A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
   8. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   9. A town in Jefferson County, New York.
   10. A village in Licking County, Ohio.
   11. An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.
   12. A borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
   13. A city in Hanson County, South Dakota.
   14. A town in DeKalb County, Tennessee.
   15. An independent city in Virginia.
3. A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.
4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
5. A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
7. A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3980).
8. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Derived terms

• Alexandrian
• AOC

Translations

city in Egypt

• Afrikaans: Alexandrië
• Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة‎ f (al-ʾiskandariyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه‎ f (eskendereyya)

• Aragonese: Aleixandría, Alexandría
• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ‎
• Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա (hy) (Alekʿsandria)
• Asturian: Alexandría
• Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə, Aleksandriya
• Bashkir: Искәндәриә (Iskändäriä)
• Belarusian: Александрыя (Aljeksandryja)
• Breton: Aleksandria
• Bulgarian: Александрия f (Aleksandrija)
• Catalan: Alexandria (ca) 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 (rakote), ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ (rakoti)
• Czech: Alexandrie (cs) f
• Danish: Alexandria
• Dhivehi: އިސްކަންދަރިއްޔާ‎ (iskan̊dariyyā)
• Dutch: Alexandrië
• Estonian: Aleksandria
• Extremaduran: Alejandria
• Finnish: Aleksandria (fi)
• French: Alexandrie (fr)

  Middle French: Alexandrie

• Galician: Alexandría
• Georgian: ალექსანდრია (aleksandria)
• German: Alexandria (de) f, Alexandrien (de) f
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (el) f (Alexándreia)

  Ancient: Ἀλεξάνδρεια f (Alexándreia)

• Hausa: Isƙandariya
• Hebrew: אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּה‎ (he) f (Aleksandríya)
• Hindi: इसकंदरिया (iskandriyā)
• Hungarian: Alexandria (hu)
• Icelandic: Alexandría (is)
• Irish: Cathair Alastair f
• Italian: Alessandria (it) f

• Japanese: アレキサンドリア (Arekisandoria)
• Kazakh: Александрия (Aleksandrïya)
• Korean: 알렉산드리아 (alleksandeuria)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Skenderiye f

• Kyrgyz: Александрия (Aleksandriya)
• Latin: Alexandrēa f, Alexandrīa f
• Latvian: Aleksandrija f
• Ligurian: Lusciandria, Lusciandria d'Egitto
• Lithuanian: Aleksandrija f
• Macedonian: Алекса́ндрија f (Aleksándrija)
• Malay: Iskandariah (ms)
• Middle Persian: ʾlxsyndrgyrd (Alaxsindargird)
• Neapolitan: Alessandria, Alessandria 'e Naggitto
• North Frisian: Alexandria
• Norwegian: Alexandria (no)
• Old English: Alexandria
• Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه‎
• Persian: اسکندریه‎ (fa) (Eskandariyye)
• Polish: Aleksandria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alexandria (pt) f
• Romanian: Alexandria f
• Russian: Александри́я (ru) f (Aleksandríja)
• Sardinian: Lisàndria, Lisàndria d'Egittu
• Scots: Alexandria
• Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija f
• Slovak: Alexandria (sk) f
• Slovene: Aleksandrija f
• Spanish: Alejandría (es) f
• Swahili: Aleksandria
• Swedish: Alexandria (sv)
• Tagalog: Alehandriya
• Tajik: Александрия (Aleksandriya)
• Telugu: అలెగ్జాండ్రియా (alegjāṇḍriyā)
• Turkish: İskenderiye
• Uyghur: ئىسكەندەرىيە‎ (iskenderiye)
• Uzbek: Iskandariya
• Venetian: Ałesandria, Ałesandria d'Egito
• West Frisian: Aleksanderje, Aleksandrje

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 (ʾlyḥsndryʾ /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 (a city in Egypt)

Related terms

• Alexandre
• alexandrí

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Danish

Proper noun

Alexandria

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)

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German

Alternative forms

• Alexandrien

Etymology

From Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɛˈksandʁia/
• Hyphenation: Ale‧x‧an‧d‧ria

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alexandria n (genitive Alexandrias)

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)

Further reading

• “Alexandria” in Duden online

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Latin

Proper noun

Alexandrīa f sg (genitive Alexandrīae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Alexandrēa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.le.ʃɐ̃ˈdɾi.ɐ/

Proper noun

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (a city and governorate of Egypt)

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Romanian

Etymology

Alexandru +‎ -ia. Named after Alexandru II Ghica.

Proper noun

Alexandria f

1. A city in Teleorman, Romania

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Swedish

Proper noun

Alexandria n (genitive Alexandrias)

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)