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ALEXANDRIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alexandria mean?
• ALEXANDRIA (noun)
The noun ALEXANDRIA has 2 senses:
1. a town in Louisiana on the Red River
2. the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
Familiarity information: ALEXANDRIA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in Louisiana on the Red River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Alexandria" is a part of...):
LA; La.; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Alexandria; El Iskandriyah
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Alexandria" is a part of...):
Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
Context examples
I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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