Alexandria

From Middle English Alexandria, 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).

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

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Alexandria

1. A city and port in Egypt.
2. Alexandria Governorate, one of the governorates of Egypt.
3. 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 minor city, the county seat of Hanson County, South Dakota.
   14. A town in DeKalb County, Tennessee.
   15. An independent city in Virginia, next to Arlington County, Fairfax County and Washington, D.C.
4. A former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.
5. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
6. A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
8. A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3980).
9. A city in Teleorman, Romania
10. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ləɡ.zənˈdɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.leɡ.zanˈdɾi.a]

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)

• Alexandre
• alexandrí

Alexandria

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)

• Alexandrien

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

• IPA^(key): [alɛˈksandʁia], [alɛksanˈdʁiːa]
• Hyphenation: Ale‧x‧an‧d‧ria

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Alexandria n (proper noun, genitive Alexandrias or (optionally with an article) Alexandria)

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɛksɒndrijɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧dria
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Alexandria

1. Alexandria (a city, the county seat of Teleorman, Romania)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lek.sanˈdriː.a/, [äɫ̪ɛks̠än̪ˈd̪riːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lek.sanˈdri.a/, [äleɡzän̪ˈd̪riːä]

Alexandrīa f sg (genitive Alexandrīae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Alexandrēa

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

• Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧dri‧a

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (a city and governorate of Egypt)

From Alexandru +‎ -ia. Named after Alexandru II Ghica.

• IPA^(key): /alekˈsandri.a/

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Alexandria f

1. A city in Teleorman, Romania
2. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
3. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)

Alexandria n (genitive Alexandrias)

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)