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Al·ex·an·dria (al′ig zan′drē ə)

  1. seaport in Egypt, on the Mediterranean at the W end of the Nile delta: pop. 3,485,000: founded by Alexander the Great and, later, a center of Hellenistic culture

  2. Etymology: after the seaport, but with allusion to the Alexander family, owners of the town site

    city in NE Va., on the Potomac, near Washington, D.C.: pop. 128,000

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