Meanings
Alexandretta1
- historicalFormer name of Iskenderun: a city in southern Turkey.
Synonyms: Alexandria, Alexandria on the Issus, Scandaroon
Alexandretta2
- A female given name.
Michael is survived by his wife, Ginnette of Woodstock; his daughter, Alexandretta, 7; […]
2011 October 19, “[Obituaries] Michael ‘Mike’ Brennan Bishop”, in Northwest Herald, Crytal Lake, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6B, column 13 more examples
From Miss Geraldine Alexandretta Talbot, 18 Shamrock Gardens, Troysburgh, N.B., to Miss Enid Vivienne Musgrave, 1 Leighton Place, Millais Road, North Hampstead, London, N.W.
1890 February 15, “Scotch Elections---New and Old Style”, in The Glasgow Herald, 108th year, number 40, Glasgow, →OCLC, page 9, column 1The women are all single. They are Miss Hilda Johnsen, stewardess; Miss Alexandretta Rostron, assistant stewardess, and Lesa Berglend, mess girl.
1915 March 17, “Girl Sailors Defy Sea, Fall to Cupid’s Darts […]”, in Evening Ledger, financial edition, volume I, number 158, Philadelphia, Pa., →OCLC, page 1, column 5Jeremy Billings and Julie Olsen, Hastings, a daughter, Alexandretta Jade, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999.
1999 August 22, “[Births] Pennock Hospital”, in Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Mich., →OCLC, page 3D, column 3
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounFormer name of Iskenderun: a city in southern Turkey.
Origin
Alexandretta · proper noun
- Ancient GreekἈλεξάνδρεια“Alexandria”
- Medieval GreekἈλεξανδρέττα
- LatinAlexandretta
- EnglishAlexandretta
From Latin Alexandretta and Medieval Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta), from Alexandria + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, “-ia: forming place names”). Equivalent to Alexandria + -etta. Doublet of Alexandria, Iskenderun, Kandahar, and Scandaroon.
More words from Latin, Medieval Greek, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα
- Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta)former name of İskenderun
French Alexandrette
- Alexandretteformer name of İskenderun
Latin Alexandretta
- Alexandrettaformer name of İskenderun
Russian Александре́тта
- Александре́тта (Aleksandrétta)former name of İskenderun
Cite this entry
Alexandretta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandretta
“Alexandretta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandretta. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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