Alexandria (disambiguation)
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Alexandria is the name of many cities and towns in different countries.
During his reign, Alexander the Great established or renamed several cities called Alexandria (and similar names) around the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Central Asia. The most famous of these is the one in Egypt, which is still in existence under that name. Altogether, around 70 cities are said to have been founded by Alexander.
Main Alexandrias founded or renamed by Alexander the Great
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Alexandria Asiana, Iran
- Alexandria in Ariana, Afghanistan
- Alexandria of the Caucasus, Afghanistan
- Alexandria on the Oxus, Afghanistan
- Alexandria of the Arachosians, Afghanistan
- Alexandria on the Indus, Pakistan
- Alexandria Eschate, "the Farthest", Tajikistan
- Alexandria on the Latmos, previously and afterward called Alinda in Caria, Turkey
Other places named Alexandria
- Alexandria, Northern Territory, Australia
- Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia
- Alexandria, British Columbia, Canada
- Alexandria 1, British Columbia, Canada
- Alexandria 1A, British Columbia, Canada
- Alexandria 3, British Columbia, Canada
- Alexandria 3A, British Columbia, Canada
- Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
- Point Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
- Alexandria, Greece (Imathia prefecture)
- Alexandria, Jamaica
- Alexandria, Romania
- Alexandria, South Africa
- Alexandria, Scotland
- Alexandria, Alabama, United States of America
- Alexandria, Indiana, United States of America
- Alexandria, Kentucky, United States of America
- Alexandria, Louisiana, United States of America
- Alexandria, Missouri, United States of America
- Alexandria, Minnesota, United States of America
- Alexandria, Nebraska, United States of America
- Alexandria, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Alexandria, New York, United States of America
- Alexandria Bay, New York, United States of America
- Alexandria, Ohio, United States of America
- Alexandria, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Alexandria, South Dakota, United States of America
- Alexandria, Tennessee, United States of America
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America
- Alexandria Township, Kansas, United States of America
- Alexandria Township, Minnesota, United States of America
- Alexandria Township, New Jersey, United States of America
- Alexandria Township, North Dakota, United States of America
- West Alexandria, Ohio, United States of America
- Alexandria, Gaea, a city-state in the fictional world of [[Tenebrae: the Emblem of Ea]].
Places with similar names
- Alessandria, Italy
- Iskenderun, Turkey
- Alexandria Troas, ancient city in Greece
- Alexandroupoli, Greece
- Aleksandro-Nevskaya, Russia
- Oleksandriya, Ukraine
Book selling service
Alexandria was also the name of a book-selling service of AMORC.Alexandria class cruiser
- The Alexandria class cruiser was a heavy cruiser in the anime Gundam series.
Alexandria (software)
Alexandria is a book collection manager for GNOME.The Chronicles of the Starship Alexandria
In The Chronicles of the Starship Alexandria, written by Norwegian Jon Bing, the name of the library ship is so named in honour of the ancient Egyptian library
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