Alexandria (disambiguation)
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Alexandria is a city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great.
Alexandria may also refer to:
Places
Founded or renamed by Alexander the Great
- Ai-Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus), Afghanistan
- Alexandria Arachosia, Afghanistan; now called Kandahar (a contraction of Iskandahar)
- Alexandria Ariana, Afghanistan
- Alexandria Bucephalous, Pakistan, on the Jhelum River (formerly Hydaspes)
- Alexandria in Orietai, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Alexandria Carmania, unknown site in Kerman Province, Iran
- Alexandria Eschate, "the Farthest", Tajikistan
- Alexandria on the Caucasus, Afghanistan
- Alexandria on the Indus, Pakistan
- Alexandria Troas, Turkey
- Alinda (Alexandria by the Latmos), Turkey
- Cebrene (formerly Alexandria), Turkey
- Charax Spasinu (Alexandria in Susiana), Iraq
- Ghazni (Alexandria in Opiania), Afghanistan
- Iskandariya (Alexandria), Iraq
- Iskenderun (Alexandria ad Issum), Turkey
- Merv, Turkmenistan, sometimes also called Alexandria in Margiana
With similar sounding names
- Alexandropolis Maedica, the first town founded by Alexander the Great in 340 BC
Australia
Canada
United States
- Alexandria, Alabama
- Alexandria, California
- Alexandria, Indiana
- Alexandria, Kentucky
- Alexandria, Louisiana
- Alexandria, Louisiana metropolitan area, a metropolitan area in central Louisiana
- Alexandria, Missouri
- Alexandria, Minnesota
- Alexandria, Nebraska
- Alexandria, New Hampshire
- Alexandria, New York
- Alexandria, Ohio, a village in Licking County
- Alexandria, Scioto County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Alexandria, Pennsylvania
- Alexandria, South Dakota
- Alexandria, Tennessee
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Alexandria Bay, New York
- Alexandria County, formerly in the District of Columbia and later in Virginia
- Alexandria Township, Douglas County, Minnesota
- Alexandria Township, New Jersey
- West Alexandria, Ohio
Other countries
- Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Alexandria, Jamaica
- Alexandria, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Alexandria, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Alexandria, Romania
- Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- Gyumri, Armenia (formerly Aleksandropol, 1837–1924)
Places with similar names
- Alejandría, Colombia
- Alessandria, Italy
- Alessandria del Carretto, Italy
- Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Aleksandro-Nevskaya), a monastery in Russia
- Alexandra, New Zealand
- Alexandreia, Greece
- Alexandrium, ancient site in Israel
- Alexandroupoli, Greece
- İskenderun, formerly Alexandretta, Turkey
- Oleksandriia (disambiguation):
- Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, a city in central Ukraine
- Oleksandriia, Rivne Oblast, a village in northwestern Ukraine
- Oleksandriya, a city in the Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities and places
- Alexandria, the name of a town (and a neighbouring tower) in the game Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
- Alexandria, a city in the PlayStation game Final Fantasy IX
- Alexandria, Mississippi, the setting of the novel The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
- Alexandria Safe-Zone, Virginia, a community cleared of walkers and protected by a wall, in The Walking Dead comics and television series
- New Alexandria, a city that takes place on a fictional planet called Reach in the Xbox 360 game Halo: Reach
Film
- Alexandria (film), a 2005 Indonesian film
- The Alexandria trilogy, three films by Youssef Chahine: Alexandria... Why?, An Egyptian Story and Alexandria Again and Forever
Literature
- Alexandria (novel), 2009 novel by Lindsey Davis
- The Alexandria Quartet a tetralogy by Lawrence Durrell
Other uses
- Alexandria (library software), library automation software
- Alexandria (schooner), a three-masted schooner
- Alexandria (typeface), a serif font typeface created by Hank Gillete
See also
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