Alexandretta

/ (ˌælɪɡzɑːnˈdrɛtə) /

Save This Word!

noun

the former name of Iskenderun

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

affect

effect

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Alexandretta

Alexander VI, Alexander VII, Alexander VIII, Alexandra, Alexandra Feodorovna, Alexandretta, Alexandria, Alexandrian, Alexandrina, Alexandrine, Alexandrinus

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for Alexandretta

In modern times, the most noted were the pigeons of Aleppo, which served as couriers at Alexandretta and Bagdad.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
At the time I speak of, the Turks were not, however, in strong force at or near Alexandretta.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918|Sir Stanley Maude
Some sort of offensive, whether against Gallipoli or Alexandretta or Haifa, had become perhaps a moral necessity.
With Manchesters in the East|Gerald B. Hurst
Alexeieff suggested our transferring troops from Salonika to Alexandretta.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918|Sir Stanley Maude

Iskanderun (Alexandretta); source of a long inscription cut on both sides of a spheroidal object of unknown origin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5|Various

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY