Alexandria

English <dab> Etymology en :inh enm:Alexandria<ety:inh<ang:Alexandria>> 1 From en enm Alexandria, from en ang Alexandria, from en la Alexandrīa, from en grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια, from grc Ἀλέξανδρος Alexander + grc -εια -ia: forming place names, initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare en Antioch, en Seleucia, and en Ptolemais. en Kandahar Iskenderun Scandaroon Alexandretta. Pronunciation en /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/ /æləɡˈzændɹi.ə/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Alexandria.wav GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Alexandria.wav Proper noun en Q87 en city/port/and/former capital c/Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse. en historical en various other former cities r/West Asia *founded by Alexander the Great, including en @former name of:Iskandariya city in central c/Iraq. en @former name of:Iskenderun city in southeastern c/Turkey. en @former name of:Kandahar city in southern c/Afghanistan. en @former name of:Bagram city in eastern c/Afghanistan. en @former name of:Ghazni city in eastern c/Afghanistan. en @former name of:Mary city c/Turkmenistan. en @former name of:Khujand city c/Tajikistan. en @alt form:Alessandria city r/Piedmont c/Italy. en Q29943en governorate c/Egypt around the city. en number of places c/USA: en census-designated place co/Calhoun County s/Alabama. en city twp:Suf/Monroe co/Madison County s/Indiana. en A <<city>> in <<s/Kentucky>>, and one of the two <<county seat>>s of <<co/Campbell County>>. en city/parish seat par/Rapides Parish s/Louisiana. en city/county seat co/Douglas County s/Minnesota. en twp co/Douglas County s/Minnesota. en city co/Clark County s/Missouri. en village co/Thayer County s/Nebraska. en town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire. en twp co/Hunterdon County s/New Jersey. en town co/Jefferson County s/New York. en village co/Licking County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Scioto County s/Ohio. en borough co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania. en minor city/county seat co/Hanson County s/South Dakota. en town co/DeKalb County s/Tennessee. en independent city s/Virginia, next to en Arlington County, en Fairfax County and en Washington, D.C. TopoZone: Alexandria, Virginia Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey 2025-09-27 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/us/politics/trump-comey-justice-department.html The U.S. attorney’s office, based in Alexandria, just outside Washington, is among the most important in the country, handling sensitive national security and terrorism cases. https://web.archive.org/web/20251001042154/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/us/politics/trump-comey-justice-department.html en A former <<town>> in the <<co/United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry>>, <<p/Ontario>>, <<c/Canada>>; now a part of the township of <<twp/North Glengarry>>. en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia. en ghost town p/British Columbia c/Canada. en town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, p/Eastern Cape c/South Africa. en town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, p/Mpumalanga c/South Africa. en town carea/West Dunbartonshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS3980. en city county/Teleorman c/Romania. en female Ancient Greek. Synonyms ancient & medieval Iskenderun, Turkey See en Alexandretta ancient & medieval Mary, Turkmenistan See en Merv Derived terms en Alexandria Bay Alexandrian Alexandrinus AOC Related terms en Alexandretta Alexandrine Alexandropolis Alexandria Eschate Translations city in Egypt Afrikaans: af Alexandrië Albanian: sq Aleksandri Amharic: am እስክንድርያ, am አሌክስዳንድርያ Arabic: ar اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة f Egyptian Arabic: arz اسكندريه eskendereyya f Aragonese: an Aleixandría, an Alexandría Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ Armenian: hy Ալեքսանդրիա Asturian: ast Alexandría Azerbaijani: az İsgəndəriyyə, az Aleksandriya Bashkir: ba Искәндәриә Basque: eu Alexandria Belarusian: be Александрыя Bengali: bn ইস্কান্দরিয়া Breton: br Aleksandria Bulgarian: bg Александри́я f Catalan: ca Alexandria f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞歷山卓 Yàlìshānzhuó, cmn 亞歷山大港 Yàlìshāndàgǎng Coptic: cop ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ, cop ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ, cop ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ Czech: cs Alexandrie f Danish: da Alexandria Dhivehi: dv އިސްކަންދަރިއްޔާ Dutch: nl Alexandrië Esperanto: eo Aleksandrio Estonian: et Aleksandria Extremaduran: ext Alejandria Finnish: fi Aleksandria French: fr Alexandrie Middle French: frm Alexandrie Frisian: North Frisian: frr Alexandria West Frisian: fy Aleksanderje, fy Aleksandrje Galician: gl Alexandría Georgian: ka ალექსანდრია German: de Alexandria f, de Alexandrien f Greek: el Αλεξάνδρεια f Ancient Greek: grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια f Gujarati: gu ઇસ્કંદરિયા Hausa: ha Isƙandariya Hebrew: he אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּה f Aleksandríya Hindi: hi अलेक्ज़ेंड्रिया m, hi इस्कंदरिया f Hungarian: hu Alexandria Icelandic: is Alexandría Indonesian: id Iskandariyah, id Aleksandria Irish: ga Cathair Alastair f Italian: it Alessandria f Japanese: ja アレキサンドリア Arekisandoria Kazakh: kk Александрия Korean: ko 알렉산드리아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Skenderiye f Kyrgyz: ky Александрия Latin: la Alexandrēa f, la Alexandrīa f Latvian: lv Aleksandrija f Ligurian: lij Lusciandria, lij Lusciandria d'Egitto Lithuanian: lt Aleksandrija f Macedonian: mk Алекса́ндрија f Malay: ms Iskandariah Marathi: mr अ‍ॅलेक्झँड्रिया Neapolitan: nap Alessandria, nap Alessandria 'e Naggitto Norwegian: no Alexandria Old English: ang Alexandria Old Nubian: onw ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲓⲁ Persian: fa اسکندریه eskandariyye Middle Persian: pal ʾlxsyndrgyrd Alaxsindargird Polish: pl Aleksandria f Portuguese: pt Alexandria f Punjabi: pa ਸਿਕੰਦਰੀਆ Romanian: ro Alexandria f Russian: ru Александри́я f Sardinian: sc Lisàndria, sc Lisàndria d'Egittu Scots: sco Alexandria Serbo-Croatian: sh Aleksandrija f Sicilian: scn Lisciànnira f, scn Lixànnira f Slovak: sk Alexandria f Slovene: sl Aleksandrija f Spanish: es Alejandría f Swahili: sw Aleksandria Swedish: sv Alexandria Tagalog: tl Alehandriya Tajik: tg Искандария Tamil: ta அலெக்சாந்திரியா Telugu: te అలెగ్జాండ్రియా Thai: th อะเล็กซานเดรีย à-lék-saan-dà-ria Turkish: tr İskenderiye Ottoman Turkish: ota اسكندریه Ukrainian: uk Александрі́я Urdu: ur اسکندریہ iskandariya Uyghur: ug ئىسكەندەرىيە Uzbek: uz Iskandariya Venetan: vec Ałesandria, vec Ałesandria d'Egito Welsh: cy Alecsandria any of a number of cities bearing the same name Bulgarian: bg Алекса́ндрия f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞歷山卓 Yàlìshānzhuó, cmn 亞歷山大 Yàlìshāndà Finnish: fi Alexandria Greek: el Αλεξάνδρεια f Ancient Greek: grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια f Hindi: hi अलेक्ज़ेंड्रिया m, hi इस्कंदरिया f Korean: ko 알렉산드리아 allegsandeulia Latin: la Alexandrēa f, la Alexandrīa f Marathi: mr अ‍ॅलेक्झँड्रिया Parthian: xpr 𐭀𐭋𐭉𐭇𐭎𐭍𐭃𐭓𐭉𐭀 alexsandariyā Russian: ru Алекса́ндрия f, ru Алегза́ндрия f Sicilian: scn Lisciànnira f Spanish: es Alejandría female given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞歷山卓 Yàlìshānzhuó, cmn 亞歷山大 Yàlìshāndà Finnish: fi Aleksandra Hindi: hi अलेक्ज़ेंड्रिया m, hi इस्कंदरिया f Marathi: mr अ‍ॅलेक्झँड्रिया f Russian: ru Алекса́ндра f Sicilian: scn Lisciànnira f Spanish: es Alejandra f References en exonyms eponyms en Regional capitals Catalan ca: Etymology ca la Alexandrīa, from ca grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια. Pronunciation [gz] Proper noun f ca city c/Egypt Alexandria ca governorate c/Egypt Alexandria Related terms ca Alexandre ca alexandrí Danish Proper noun da proper noun da city c/Egypt Alexandria da governorate c/Egypt Alexandria da exonyms German Alternative forms de Alexandrien Etymology de la Alexandrīa, from de grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια. Pronunciation de [alɛˈksandʁia] [alɛksanˈdʁiːa] de Ale x an d ria de De-Alexandria.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Alexandria2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de city c/Egypt Alexandria de governorate c/Egypt Alexandria Further reading Hungarian hu: Etymology hu Pronunciation hu jɒ 5 hu Ale xan dria A le xan dri a Proper noun hu proper noun hu city/county seat county/Teleorman c/Romania Alexandria Declension Alexandriá o sgAlexandriá sg Derived terms hu alexandriai Latin la :from Alexandrēa Pronunciation Alexandrīa Proper noun Alexandrīa<1.loc> la Alexandrēa Declension Alexandrīa<1.loc> Old English ang: Etymology ang :bor la:Alexandria Borrowed from ang la Alexandrīa Proper noun m Alexandria, Egypt c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints ang [Commodus] hine ġesette tō hēahġerefan ofer Alexandrian [Commodus] appointed him hēahġerefa over Alexandria Declension Alexandri sg ang Cities in Egypt Places in Egypt Old Galician-Portuguese Alternative forms roa-opt Aleixandria Alexandrya Etymology roa-opt :lbor la:Alexandrea<alt:Alexandrīa> :grc Pronunciation roa-opt /a.le.ʃanˈdɾi.a/ roa-opt ia 5 Proper noun f roa-opt Alexandria Q87 Descendants gl Alexandría pt Alexandria References roa-opt DDGM Alexandria Alexandria Aleixandria Aleixandria Ale[ijy]?xandr[ijy]a Alexandria 1 Portuguese pt:<dab!> Etymology pt :inh roa-opt:Alexandria 1 From pt roa-opt Alexandria, from pt la Alexandrīa, from pt grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια. Pronunciation [x:sh] pt iɐ 5 pt A le xan dri a Proper noun f alexandrino pt city/and/governorate c/Egypt Alexandria pt exonyms Romanian ro: Etymology From ro Alexandru -ia. Named after Alexandru II Ghica. Pronunciation ro /alekˈsandri.a/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Alexandria.wav ro Ro-Alexandria.ogg Proper noun f ro city county/Teleorman c/Romania ro city c/Egypt Alexandria ro governorate c/Egypt Alexandria Declension Alexandri sg Swedish Proper noun n sv city c/Egypt Alexandria sv governorate c/Egypt Alexandria Related terms sv alexandrin sv alexandrinsk References saol sv exonyms