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Alexandrina
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alexandrina
English
Etymology
en la Alexandrīna, feminine of la Alexandrīnus. en Alexandra -ina. en Alexandrine.
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en 1838 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign April 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.
en lgarea in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of s/South Australia 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: fr Alexandrine f
Latvian: lv Aleksandrīna f
Russian: ru Александри́на f-an
Spanish: es Alejandrina f
Anagrams
en aaadeilnnrx Alexandrian
Latin
Adjective
la adjective form Alexandrīna
la Alexandrīnus nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p
Adjective
la adjective form Alexandrīnā
la Alexandrīnus abl f s
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Alexandrina.wav
Proper noun
f
ro female