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/ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ]
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[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə]
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/ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/
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- Received-Pronunciation
Proper noun
A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
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Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
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And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
"My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.
A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
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Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers.
A place in the United States: A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, Arkansas.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
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A place in the United States: A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
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A place in the United States: A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
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A place in the United States: A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
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A place in the United States: A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
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A place in the United States: A minor city in McKenzie County, North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
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A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, Canada.
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A community in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.
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