Alexa — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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   Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek. A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon.com, Inc.

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   Create an upbeat mix for your life’s soundtrack. Easier yet, tell Alexa to play songs from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s or whatever musical genre that is your motivational call-to-arms.