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Alexandria   /ˌæləgzˈændriə/   Listen
Alexandria

noun
1.
A town in Louisiana on the Red River.
2.
The chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt.  Synonym: El Iskandriyah.



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"Alexandria" Quotes from Famous Books



... see you again," called the man. "We expect to be on an island near there. My name is Stevens. If you expect to be in Alexandria Bay very long don't fail to ...
— Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat • Ross Kay
... for that, I could only know what I was told respecting the merchandise with which the vessel was laden. I know she was loaded with cotton, and that she took in her freight at Alexandria from Pastret's warehouse, and at Smyrna from Pascal's; that is all I was obliged to know, and I beg I may not be asked ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... cheerfully undergone for the sake of the great cause so dear to him. It was to advance its interests that he came to America, and afterwards went to Jerusalem, to superintend the establishment of branch Institutes of Deaconesses. They are now in prosperous existence in Constantinople, Smyrna, Alexandria, Bucharest, and Florence,—not to mention many more in the ...
— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst
... The town of Alexandria was saved from destruction only by the surrender of twenty-one vessels, sixteen hundred barrels of flour, and ...
— Neville Trueman the Pioneer Preacher • William Henry Withrow
... was well on, and several battles had been fought, a lady from Alexandria asked the President for an order to release a certain church which had been taken for a Federal hospital. The President said he could do nothing, as the post surgeon at Alexandria was immovable, and then asked the lady why she did not donate money ...
— Lincoln's Yarns and Stories • Alexander K. McClure


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