Alexa

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English

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Proper noun

Alexa (plural Alexas)

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times:
      Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
    1. Female equivalent of Alex.
    2. Diminutive of Alexandra.
    3. (computing) A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon.com, Inc.
      Coordinate term: Siri
      • 2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life, Berkeley, Calif.: She Writes Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (The Art of Letting Go, Bouncing Back, and Being):
        Create an upbeat mix for your life’s soundtrack. Easier yet, tell Alexa to play songs from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s or whatever musical genre that is your motivational call-to-arms.

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French

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Alexa f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
    1. female equivalent of Alex
    2. diminutive of Alexandra

Romanian

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Alexa f

  1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alexa.

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Alexa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ)

  1. a female given name from English