Alexandra

(al′ig zandrə)

noun

a feminine name: dim. Sandra, Sandy; var. Alexandrina

Origin: fem. of Alexander

See Alexandra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Last czarina of Russia (1894-1917). The wife of Nicholas II, she interfered in politics under Rasputin's influence. After the Bolshevik revolution, she and her family were imprisoned and executed.
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