Alexandrina

See also: alexandrina

English

Etymology

A feminine form of Alexander.

Proper noun

Alexandrina

  1. A female given name.
    • 1838 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, April 1838, pages 512-513:
      Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious.
      *George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.

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Adjective

Alexandrīna

  1. nominative feminine singular of Alexandrīnus
  2. nominative neuter plural of Alexandrīnus
  3. accusative neuter plural of Alexandrīnus
  4. vocative feminine singular of Alexandrīnus
  5. vocative neuter plural of Alexandrīnus

Alexandrīnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of Alexandrīnus
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