"Alexandra" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/ [General-American], /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/ [General-American], /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə] (note: æ-tensing, rhotic), [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə] (note: æ-tensing, non-rhotic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Alexandras [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ(ː)ndɹə, -ændɹə Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander. The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἀλεξάνδρα}} Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), {{m|grc|ἀνήρ|t=man}} ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), {{af|grc|ἀλέξω|ἀνδρός|alt2=ἀνδρ-|nocat=1|pos2=stem of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀνήρ</i> (anḗr, “man”)|t1=I defend}} ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Asteroids Translations (female given name): 亞歷山德拉 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚历山德拉 (Yàlìshāndélā) (Chinese Mandarin), Alexandra (Czech), Alexandra (Danish), Alexandra [feminine] (Dutch), Aleksandra (Estonian), Aleksandra [feminine] (Faroese), Aleksandra (Finnish), Alexandra (French), Alexandra (German), Αλεξάνδρα (Alexándra) [feminine] (Greek), Alexandra [feminine] (Icelandic), Alessandra (Italian), アレクサンドラ (Arekusandora) (Japanese), Alexandra [feminine] (Latin), Aleksandra [feminine] (Latvian), Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) [feminine] (Macedonian), Iskandariah (Malay), Alistreeney [feminine] (Manx), 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨 (a-re-ka-sa-da-ra) [feminine] (Mycenaean Greek), Alexandra (Norwegian), Aleksandra [feminine] (Polish), Alexandra [feminine] (Portuguese), Alexandra [feminine] (Romanian), Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) [feminine] (Russian), Alejandra (Spanish), Alexandra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Alexandra-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of Asteroids: 40 32 13 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 26 8 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 30 12 15 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 93 1 4 2
  2. (astronomy) 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Derived forms: Alexandra limp Related terms: Alex, Alexa, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Sandra, Sandy, Sasha Translations (Asteroid): 哲女星 (Zhénǚxīng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Alexandra-en-name-NbHoYwQw Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Asteroid': 23 65 8 4
  3. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Prince Edward Island, Rural municipalities of Prince Edward Island, Villages in Canada, Villages in Prince Edward Island
    Sense id: en-Alexandra-en-name-tCdxyUyK
  4. A town in Central Otago, New Zealand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Towns in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Alexandra-en-name-uNYv-X1c

Inflected forms

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        "pos2": "stem of <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">ἀνήρ</i> (anḗr, “man”)",
        "t1": "I defend"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”))",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander.\nThe community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Alexandras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Al‧ex‧an‧dra"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "word": "Alex"
    },
    {
      "word": "Alexa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lexa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lexi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lexie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sandra"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sandy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sasha"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Ancient Greek",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1863, Alfred Tennyson, A Welcome to Alexandra",
          "text": "Sea-king's daughter from over the sea, / Alexandra! / Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, / But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, / Alexandra!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, page 588",
          "text": "'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'\n'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Ancient Greek."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "asteroid",
          "asteroid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Canada",
        "en:Places in Prince Edward Island",
        "en:Rural municipalities of Prince Edward Island",
        "en:Villages in Canada",
        "en:Villages in Prince Edward Island"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "Queens County",
          "Queens County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Prince Edward Island",
          "Prince Edward Island#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in New Zealand",
        "en:Towns in New Zealand"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town in Central Otago, New Zealand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Central Otago",
          "Central Otago"
        ],
        [
          "New Zealand",
          "New Zealand#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]",
      "note": "æ-tensing, rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]",
      "note": "æ-tensing, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ(ː)ndɹə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ændɹə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "亞歷山德拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yàlìshāndélā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "亚历山德拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Aleksandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Aleksandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Alexándra",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Αλεξάνδρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alessandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Arekusandora",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "アレクサンドラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Aleksándra",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Алекса́ндра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Iskandariah"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alistreeney"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmy",
      "lang": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "roman": "a-re-ka-sa-da-ra",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aleksandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Aleksándra",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Алекса́ндра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alejandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Alexandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zhénǚxīng",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "哲女星"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "54 Alexandra",
    "Alexandra",
    "Alexandra, New Zealand",
    "Queen Alexandra"
  ],
  "word": "Alexandra"
}

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