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Alexandrina

Alexandrina proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Alexandrina

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina...1838 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, pages 512–513
  2. A local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia; in full, Alexandrina Council.

Origin of Alexandrina

Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ina. Doublet of Alexandrine.

Questions about Alexandrina

What does Alexandrina mean?
Alexandrina means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Alexandrina?
Alexandrina is a proper noun.

Words near Alexandrina in the dictionary

  1. Alexandrian Wiccan
  2. Alexandrian Wiccans
  3. Alexandriana
  4. Alexandrianism
  5. Alexandrians
  6. Alexandrina
  7. alexandrine
  8. Alexandrine parakeet
  9. Alexandrine parakeets
  10. Alexandrine rat
  11. Alexandrine rats

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