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Alexandretta en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Latin Alexandretta and Byzantine 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.
Meanings
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(historical) Former name of Iskenderun: a city in southern Turkey.
Synonyms
Alexandria on the Issus (ancient & medieval Iskenderun) · Alexandria (ancient & medieval Iskenderun) · Scandaroon (ancient & medieval Iskenderun)
Translations (5)
grc Ἀλεξανδρέττα (former name of İskenderun) · la Alexandretta (former name of İskenderun) · hy Ալեքսանդրեթ (former name of İskenderun) · fr Alexandrette (former name of İskenderun) · ru Александре́тта (former name of İskenderun)
Alexandretta en · PROPN · etymology 2
Etymology
From Alexandra + -etta.
Meanings
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A female given name.
Jeremy 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: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 1: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 1:The 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 5: