Alexandrian
Americanadjective
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of Alexandria, especially Alexandria, Egypt.
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of or relating to the schools of philosophy, literature, and science in ancient Alexandria.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to Alexander the Great
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of or relating to Alexandria in Egypt
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relating to the Hellenistic philosophical, literary, and scientific ideas that flourished in Alexandria in the last three centuries bc
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(of writers, literary works, etc) erudite and imitative rather than original or creative
noun
Other Word Forms
- non-Alexandrian adjective
Etymology
Origin of Alexandrian
First recorded in 1575–85; Alexandri(a) + -an
Example Sentences
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Tangentially concerned with time, memory and preservation, “Cleopatra’s Last Temple” isn’t exactly breaking news—the exploration of the Alexandrian harbor and the ruins preserved in its waters has been under way since 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
As in the earlier seizures, the unnamed Alexandrian had his firearm confiscated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police, and was written up for the violation.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Eating an Alexandrian liver sandwich, you begin to understand why.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
The allusions are to Greece and Homer, as well as to the Alexandrian poet C.P.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021
In Greece the tide was turning, although the Ionian tradition continued in Alexandrian Egypt two hundred years later.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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