Alexandrina

See also: alexandrina

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra +‎ -ina. Doublet of Alexandrine.

Proper noun

Alexandrina

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1838 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, pages 512–513:

     Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious.
     *George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.

2. A local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia; in full, Alexandrina Council.

Usage notes

• Became known as the first name of Queen Victoria, but has remained rare compared to Alexandra. Best known in Scotland.

Translations

female given name

• French: Alexandrine (fr) f
• Latvian: Aleksandrīna f
• Russian: Александри́на (ru) f anim (Aleksandrína)
• Spanish: Alejandrina (es) f

Anagrams

• Alexandrian

Latin

Adjective

Alexandrīna

1. inflection of Alexandrīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Alexandrīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of Alexandrīnus

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Alexandrina f

1. a female given name