Alexandria (n.)

  1. a town in Louisiana on the Red River

    [ Syn: alexandria ]

  2. the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt

    [ Syn: alexandria , el iskandriyah ]

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