Alexandrina

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proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    1 more example

    Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious. *George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.

    1838 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, pages 512–513
  2. A local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia; in full, Alexandrina Council.

Origin

  1. LatinAlexandrīna
  2. EnglishAlexandrina

Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ina. Doublet of Alexandrine.

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Translations

French Alexandrine
  • Alexandrinefemale given name
Latvian Aleksandrīna
  • Aleksandrīnafemale given name
Russian Александри́на
  • Александри́на (Aleksandrína)female given name
Spanish Alejandrina
  • Alejandrinafemale given name

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Cite this entry
APA

Alexandrina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrina

MLA

“Alexandrina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alexandrina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrina.

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