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Alexandrian

/æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/US/æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/

Alexandrian adjective: of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.

Adjective (1)

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
    • the Alexandrian library
    Synonyms:
    Alexandrine

Noun (1)

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
    Synonyms:
    Alexandrine
  2. A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.

Adjective (2)

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)

  1. (not comparable) Applied to a kind of heroic verse; synonym of alexandrine.
  2. Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
    Synonyms:
    Alexandrine
    1. (broadly) Synonym of Hellenistic.

Noun (2)

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)

  1. Synonym of alexandrine.
    • Theſe Triplets and Alexandrians were brought in by Dryden, and other Poets in the Reign of Charles II. They were the mere Effect of Haſte, Idleneſs, and want of Money; and have been wholly avoided by the beſt Poets, ſince theſe Verſes were written.1735, J[onathan] S[wift], Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin: […] George Faulkner, […], page 32
    • The Fall of Troy is in blank verse, and may pass muster; but the Dido is in Alexandrians, a most monotonous measure, quite unsuited to a long piece in English.1909 March, “Two Dramatizations from Virgil: 1. Dido. 2. The Fall of Troy. Arranged and translated into English verse by F. J. Miller. […]”, in The Classical Review, volume XXIII, number CC, page 58...
    Synonyms:
    alexandrine

Adjective (3)

Alexandrian (not comparable)

  1. Only used in Alexandrian limp.

Alexandrian meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Persian

Alexandrian in Tamil

அலெக்சாண்டிரிய, கேசரம்

Alexandrian in Bengali

of or pertaining to Alexandria
ইস্কান্দরানিয়া iskandoraniẏa
native or inhabitant of Alexandria
ইস্কান্দরানী iskandoranī

Alexandrian in Arabic

of or pertaining to Alexandria
إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ ʔiskandarāniyy

Alexandrian in Persian

of or pertaining to Alexandria
اسکندرانی eskandarâni

Synonyms of Alexandrian

Forms of Alexandrian

Adjective
comparativemore Alexandrian
superlativemost Alexandrian
Noun
pluralAlexandrians

Origin of Alexandrian

From Alexandria + -n.

From Alexander + -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of alexandrine, from Middle French alexandrin.

From Alexandra + -ian.

Words formed from Alexandrian

Phrases with Alexandrian

Questions about Alexandrian

What does Alexandrian mean?
Alexandrian means of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
What is Alexandrian in Tamil?
Alexandrian in Tamil is அலெக்சாண்டிரிய, கேசரம். See Alexandrian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Alexandrian?
Alexandrian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Alexandrian?
Alexandrian is pronounced /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK).

Words near Alexandrian in the dictionary

  1. Alexandrescu
  2. Alexandretta
  3. Alexandrette
  4. Alexandria
  5. Alexandria Eschate
  6. Alexandrian
  7. Alexandrian Acephali
  8. Alexandrian laurel
  9. Alexandrian laurels
  10. Alexandrian limp
  11. Alexandrian limps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Alexandrian (page history and authors); alexandrian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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