Alexandra

Definitions

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   countable, uncountable
2. 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
   countable, uncountable
3. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
4. A town in Otago, New Zealand.
   countable, uncountable
5. A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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!”

“'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last⟳,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think⟳ who it was.' '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.'”

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