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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia) -see adjective Ἀλεξάνδρειος (Alexándreios, “of Alexander”)- from the ancient name Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). The Egyptian city is named for and by its founder Alexander the Great.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleˈksan.ðɾi.a/
- Hyphenation: Α‧λε‧ξάν‧δρει‧α
Proper noun
Αλεξάνδρεια • (Alexándreia) f (plural Αλεξάνδρειες)
- (usually)
- Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
- Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)
- any one of the ancient cities named "Alexandrias" founded by Alexander the Great, bearing his name
- (less commonly)
- Alexandria (any other town so named)
- Alexandria (town in Imathia in Greece)
- Synonym: Γιδάς m (Gidás) (name before 1953)
- see Αλεξάνδρεια Ημαθίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Declension
Declension of Αλεξάνδρεια
- Αλεξανδρέττα f (Alexandrétta, “Alexandretta literally: little Alexandria”)
- αλεξανδρινός (alexandrinós, “Alexandrian”, adjective)
- αλεξανδρινισμός m (alexandrinismós, “Alexandrian (in imitation)”, noun)
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