# Alexandra
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) +‎ ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander.
The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/, /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA: [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]
* (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA: [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə]
* Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧dra
* Rhymes: -ɑ(ː)ndɹə, -ændɹə

### Proper noun

Alexandra (countable and uncountable, plural Alexandras)
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1863, Alfred Tennyson, A Welcome to Alexandra: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!
** 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 588:'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.'
* (astronomy) 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
* A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
* A town in Central Otago, New Zealand.

#### Derived terms

* Alexandra limp

#### Related terms

* Alex
* Alexa
* Lexa
* Lexi
* Lexie
* Sandra
* Sandy
* Sasha

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexandr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalɛksandra]

### Proper noun

Alexandra f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Proper noun

Alexandra
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra, Sascha

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alexandra f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexandre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁa/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alexandra f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra, Sandrine

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alɛˈksandʁa/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧dra

### Proper noun

Alexandra
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Alexander, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Proper noun

Alexandra f (proper noun, genitive singular Alexöndru)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Declension
## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Proper noun

Alexandra
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.leˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.leˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.leˈʃɐ̃.dɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.lɨˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ
* Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧dra

### Proper noun

Alexandra f (plural Alexandras)
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Alexandre (masculine form)
* Xana (pet form)

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* Александра (Alexandra) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.lekˈsan.dra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -andra
* Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧dra

### Proper noun

Alexandra f (genitive/dative Alexandrei, male equivalent Alexandru)
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaʎeksandra]

### Proper noun

Alexandra f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Derived terms

* Xandra
* Sandra
* Saša
* Šura
* Alexa
* Saška
* Šurka

### Further reading

* “Alexandra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexander.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alexandra c (genitive Alexandras)
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandra