Alexandria

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city/and/port Egypt (country).
• number of places USA (country):
• A former town in {{w United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, <

  >, <>}}; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.

• ghost town British Columbia (province) Canada (country).
• town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape (province) South Africa (country).
• town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga (province) South Africa (country).
• town West Dunbartonshire (council area) Scotland (constituent country) .
• A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Origin

• From Middle English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, Alexandrēa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια, a city in Egypt bearing the name of its founder Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander the Great).