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Etymology From Middle English Alexander the grete Latin Alexander Magnus
Proper noun Alexander the Great
(356–323 BCE king (basileus Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia .
Translations King of Macedonia
Albanian: Leka e Madhe Lek i Madhe
Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَر اَلْأَكْبَر m ( al-ʔiskandar al-ʔakbar )
Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Մակեդոնացի ( Alekʻsandr Makedonacʻi )
Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Вялі́кі m ( Aljaksándr Vjalíki ) , Алякса́ндр Македо́нскі m ( Aljaksándr Makjedónski )
Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (bn) ( alekjanḍar ) , সিকান্দর (bn) ( śikandor )
Bulgarian: Алекса́ндар Македо́нски m ( Aleksándar Makedónski ) , Алекса́ндар Вели́ки m ( Aleksándar Velíki )
Catalan: Alexandre el Gran m Alexandre el Magne m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞歷山大大帝 / 亚历山大大帝 (zh) ( Yàlìshāndà dàdì )
Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲟ ( aleksandros po )
Czech: Alexandr Veliký m Alexandr Makedonský m
Dutch: Alexander de Grote m
Esperanto: Aleksandro la Granda
Finnish: Aleksanteri Suuri
French: Alexandre le Grand (fr) m
German: Alexander der Große m
Greek: Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας ( Aléxandros o Mégas ) , Μέγας Αλέξανδρος ( Mégas Aléxandros )
Ancient: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας ( Aléxandros ho Mégas )
Hebrew: אלכסנדר הגדול ( aleksánder hagadól ) , אלכסנדר מוקדון ( aleksánder mokdón )
Hindi: सिकंदर (hi) m ( sikandar ) , सिकन्दर (hi) m ( sikandar ) , इसकंदर (hi) m ( iskandar ) , इसकन्दर (hi) m ( iskandar ) , जुलकरनैन (hi) m ( julkarnain )
Icelandic: Alexander mikli m
Irish: Alastar Mór m
Italian: Alessandro Magno m
Japanese: アレキサンダー大王 ( Arekisandā Daiō ) , アレクサンドロス大王 ( Arekusandorosu Daiō )
Khmer: មហារាជអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ ( mɔhaa riech eeləchsɛɛndəɨr ) , មហាវីរក្សត្រអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ ( mɔhaa viirea ksat eeləchsɛɛndəɨr )
Korean: 알렉산드로스 대왕 ( Alleksandeuroseu Daewang )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Skenderê Mezin (ku) m
Latin: Alexander Magnus m
Lithuanian: Aleksandras Makedonietis m Aleksandras Didysis m
Macedonian: Алекса́ндар Маке́донски m ( Aleksándar Makédonski ) , Алекса́ндар Ве́лики m ( Aleksándar Véliki )
Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ ( iskandar )
Manx: Alistair Mooar m
Persian: اسکندر مقدونی (fa) ( eskandar maqeduni ) , سکندر کبیر ( eskandar kabir )
Polish: Aleksander Macedoński m Aleksander Wielki m
Portuguese: Alexandre Magno m Alexandre, o Grande m
Romanian: Alexandru cel Mare m
Russian: Алекса́ндр Македо́нский (ru) m ( Aleksándr Makedónskij ) , Алекса́ндр Вели́кий m ( Aleksándr Velíkij )
Sanskrit: सेकन्धर (sa) m ( sekandhara )
Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mòr m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Александар Велики m Александар Македонски m
Roman: Aleksandar Veliki m Aleksandar Makedonski m
Slovak: Alexander Veľký m Alexander Macedónsky m
Slovene: Aleksander Veliki (sl) m Aleksander Makedonski m
Spanish: Alejandro Magno m
Swedish: Alexander den store
Turkish: Büyük İskender (tr)
Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Маке́донський m ( Oleksándr Makédonsʹkyj ) , Олекса́ндр Вели́кий m ( Oleksándr Velýkyj )
Translations to be checked
Further reading “Alexander the Great ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search . “Alexander the Great ”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2016 , →ISBN “Alexander the Great ”, in Collins English Dictionary “Alexander the Great ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present. 
