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alexandria
/æləkˈzændɹi.ə/
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What does alexandria mean?
proper noun
- A city, port, and former capital of Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse.
- Alternative form of Alessandria: a city in Piedmont, Italy.
- A governorate of Egypt around the city.
More meanings (32)
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama.
- A city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana.
- A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Campbell County.
- A city, the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
- A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota.
- A township in Douglas County, Minnesota.
- A city in Clark County, Missouri.
- A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A town in Jefferson County, New York.
- A village in Licking County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.
- A borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
- A minor city, the county seat of Hanson County, South Dakota.
- A town in DeKalb County, Tennessee.
- An independent city in Virginia, next to Arlington County, Fairfax County and Washington, D.C.
- A former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
- A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3980).
- A city in Teleorman County, Romania.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- (historical) Former name of Iskandariya: a city in central Iraq.
- (historical) Former name of Iskenderun: a city in southeastern Turkey.
- (historical) Former name of Kandahar: a city in southern Afghanistan.
- (historical) Former name of Bagram: a city in eastern Afghanistan.
- (historical) Former name of Ghazni: a city in eastern Afghanistan.
- (historical) Former name of Mary: a city in Turkmenistan.
- (historical) Former name of Khujand: a city in Tajikistan.
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IPA pronunciation
/æləkˈzændɹi.ə/
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See this word in context.
A lady now here, who has been Heaven only knows where not, praises Alexandria above all other places, after Suez.
A third item of knowledge, supplied by the surveyors of Ptolemy, made the distance between Syene and Alexandria five thousand stadia.
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To make matters worse, Burton when passing through Alexandria was attacked by thieves, who hit him on the head from behind.
Grecian greatness was already becoming a thing of the past, when scholarship and literary culture of the modern type began at Rome and Alexandria.
A most curious case was that of a Fellah woman who was delivered at Alexandria of a bicephalic monster of apparently eight months' pregnancy.