Alexandria

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Alexander the Great

Proper nounEdit

Alexandria

1. A city and port in Egypt.
2. Any of a number of cities bearing the same name, including Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
3. A female given name.

Derived termsEdit

• Alexandrian

TranslationsEdit

city in Egypt

• Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة f ‎(al-ʾiskandariyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه f ‎(eskendereyya)

• Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա ‎(Alekʿsandria)
• Bashkir Искәндәриә ‎(Iskändäriä)
• Bulgarian: Александрия f ‎(Aleksandrija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 ‎(Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) ‎(Yàlìshāndà)

• Czech: Alexandrie (cs) f
• Danish: Alexandria
• Dutch: Alexandrië
• Estonian: Aleksandria
• Finnish: Aleksandria (fi)
• French: Alexandrie (fr)

  Middle French: Alexandrie

• German: Alexandria f, Alexandrien (de) f
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (el) f ‎(Alexándreia)

  Ancient: Ἀλεξάνδρεια f ‎(Alexándreia)

• Hungarian: Alexandria (hu)
• Irish: Cathair Alastair f

• Italian: Alessandria (it) f
• Japanese: アレキサンドリア ‎(Arekisandoria)
• Latin: Alexandrēa f, Alexandrīa f
• Latvian: Aleksandrija f
• Lithuanian: Aleksandrija f
• Macedonian: Алекса́ндрија f ‎(Aleksándrija)
• Malay: Iskandariah
• Norwegian: Alexandria (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه
• Persian: اسکندریه ‎(Eskandariyye)
• Polish: Aleksandria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alexandria (pt) f
• Romanian: Alexandria f
• Russian: Александри́я (ru) f ‎(Aleksandríja)
• Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija f
• Slovak: Alexandria (sk) f
• Slovene: Aleksandrija f
• Spanish: Alejandría (es) f
• Swedish: Alexandria
• Telugu: అలెగ్జాండ్రియా ‎(alegjāṃḍriyā)
• Turkish: İskenderiye

any of a number of cities bearing the same name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 ‎(Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) ‎(Yàlìshāndà)

• Finnish: Alexandria
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (el) f ‎(Alexándreia)

  Ancient: Ἀλεξάνδρεια f ‎(Alexándreia)

• Latin: Alexandrēa f, Alexandrīa f
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭋𐭉𐭇𐭎𐭍𐭃𐭓𐭉𐭀 ‎(Alexsandariyā)
• Russian: Алекса́ндрия (ru) f ‎(Aleksándrija)
• Spanish: Alejandría (es)

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞歷山卓, 亚历山卓 ‎(Yàlìshānzhuó), 亞歷山大 (zh), 亚历山大 (zh) ‎(Yàlìshāndà)

• Finnish: Aleksandra
• Russian: Алекса́ндра (ru) f ‎(Aleksándra)
• Spanish: Alejandra (es) f

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CatalanEdit

Proper nounEdit

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria

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LatinEdit

Proper nounEdit

Alexandrīa f ‎(genitive Alexandrīae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Alexandrēa

DeclensionEdit

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Alexandrīa
genitive	Alexandrīae
dative	Alexandrīae
accusative	Alexandrīam
ablative	Alexandrīā
vocative	Alexandrīa
locative	Alexandrīae

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PortugueseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Alexandria f

1. Alexandria (a city and governorate of Egypt)