ALEXANDRIA


Meaning of ALEXANDRIA in English

/al'ig zan"dree euh, -zahn"-/ , n.

1. Arabic, Al-Iskandarîyah . a seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 B.C. by Alexander the Great; ancient center of learning. 2,201,000.

2. a city in NE Virginia, S of the District of Columbia. 103,217.

3. a city in central Louisiana, on the Red River. 51,565.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .