Complete Definition of "Alexander"

wikipedia|Alexander (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From Latin #Latin|Alexander < AGr. polytonic|�λέξανδ�ο� (Alexandros) < polytonic|�λέξ� (alex�) "I defend" + polytonic|�νδ��� (andros), genitive of polytonic|�νή� (an�r) "man"

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. given name|male|from Greek|, most famously held by Wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great.
Translations
trans-top|male given name
Albanian: Leka
Amharic: (Eskender)
Arabic: ARchar|اس��در (Iskándar)
Basque: Alesander
Bosnian: Aleksandar#Bosnian|Aleksandar
Breton: Aleksandr
Bulgarian: �лек�анд�� (Aleksánd�r)
Catalan: Alexandre
Croatian: Aleksandar#Croatian|Aleksandar
Czech: Alexandr
Danish: #Danish|Alexander
Dutch: #Dutch|Alexander
Finnish: Aleksanteri
French: Alexandre
Galician: Alexandre
German: #German|Alexander
Greek: �λέξανδ�ο� (Aléksandros)
Ancient Greek: polytonic|�λέξανδ�ο� (Alexandros) m
Gothic: Alaiksandrus
Hindi: (Sikandar)
Hittite: Alaksandu
Hungarian: Sándor
Icelandic: #Icelandic|Alexander
Irish: Alastar
Italian: Alessandro
Indonesian: Iskander
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Kurdish: trad|ku|Skender m
Latin: #Latin|Alexander
Latvian: Aleksanders
Lithuanian: Aleksandras
Manx: Ollister
Macedonian: �лек�анда� (Aleksandar)
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Alexander
Polish: Aleksander
Portuguese: Alexandre
Romanian: Alexandru
Russian: �лек�анд� (Aleksándr)
Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair
Serbian

Slovak: Aleksander
Slovene: Aleksander
Spanish: Alejandro
Swedish: #Swedish|Alexander
Turkish: Ä°skender
Ukrainian: �лек�анд� (Oleksándr)
Urdu: (Sikandar)
Welsh: Alec
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Derived terms
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Alec
Aleck
Alex
Alix
Al
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Sandy
Sasha
Lex
Xander
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See also
Alexandra and its variants


Danish

Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun

  1. given name|male||da:, cognate to #English|Alexander.

Related terms
variants: Alex
female forms: Alexandra, Sandra, Sascha


German

Proper noun
infl|de|proper noun

  1. given name|male||de:, cognate to #English|Alexander.

Related terms
variants: Sandro, Sascha
female forms: Alexandra, Sandra


Norwegian

Alternative spellings
Aleksander

Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun

  1. given name|male||no:, cognate to #English|Alexander.

Related terms
Sander
female forms: Alexandra, Sandra


Swedish

Proper noun
infl|sv|proper noun

  1. given name|male||sv:, cognate to #English|Alexander.

Related terms
Alex
female forms: Alexandra, Sandra

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