Alexandra
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander.
The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/, /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]
- (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]
- Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧dra
- Rhymes: -ɑ(ː)ndɹə, -ændɹə
Proper noun edit
Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1863, Alfred Tennyson, A Welcome to Alexandra:
- Sea-king's daughter from over the sea, / Alexandra! / Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, / But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, / Alexandra!
- 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 588:
- 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'
- (astronomy) 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
- A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A town in Central Otago, New Zealand.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexandr.
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Proper noun edit
Alexandra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Alexandra | Alexandry |
genitive | Alexandry | Alexander |
dative | Alexandře | Alexandrám |
accusative | Alexandru | Alexandry |
vocative | Alexandro | Alexandry |
locative | Alexandře | Alexandrách |
instrumental | Alexandrou | Alexandrami |
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
Proper noun edit
Alexandra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
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Alexandra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexandre.
Pronunciation edit
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Alexandra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Feminine form of Alexander.
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Alexandra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Alexander, equivalent to English Alexandra
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
Proper noun edit
Alexandra f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
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Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
Proper noun edit
Alexandra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ
- Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧dra
Proper noun edit
Alexandra f (plural Alexandras)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
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Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Александра (Alexandra) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
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Alexandra f (genitive/dative Alexandrei, male equivalent Alexandru)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Alexandra f (genitive singular Alexandry, nominative plural Alexandry, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Alexandra | Alexandry |
genitive | Alexandry | Alexandier |
dative | Alexandre | Alexandrám |
accusative | Alexandru | Alexandry |
locative | Alexandre | Alexandrách |
instrumental | Alexandrou | Alexandrami |
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Further reading edit
- “Alexandra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.
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Alexandra c (genitive Alexandras)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra