3 definitions found
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Alexandria
n : the chief port of Egypt; located where the Nile River
empties into the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander
the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt [syn: {Alexandria},
{El Iskandariyah}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Alexandria, AL
Zip code(s): 36250
Alexandria, IN (city, FIPS 910)
Location: 40.25818 N, 85.67618 W
Population (1990): 5709 (2433 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46001
Alexandria, KY (city, FIPS 802)
Location: 38.96054 N, 84.38423 W
Population (1990): 5592 (1949 housing units)
Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41001
Alexandria, LA (city, FIPS 975)
Location: 31.29195 N, 92.46331 W
Population (1990): 49188 (20348 housing units)
Area: 64.1 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71301, 71302, 71303
Alexandria, MN (city, FIPS 928)
Location: 45.87405 N, 95.37514 W
Population (1990): 7838 (3741 housing units)
Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56308
Alexandria, MO (city, FIPS 604)
Location: 40.35973 N, 91.45922 W
Population (1990): 341 (169 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63430
Alexandria, NE (village, FIPS 730)
Location: 40.24741 N, 97.38684 W
Population (1990): 224 (123 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68303
Alexandria, OH (village, FIPS 1154)
Location: 40.08975 N, 82.61306 W
Population (1990): 468 (184 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43001
Alexandria, PA (borough, FIPS 756)
Location: 40.55886 N, 78.10009 W
Population (1990): 411 (158 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Alexandria, SD (city, FIPS 820)
Location: 43.65392 N, 97.77902 W
Population (1990): 518 (261 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Alexandria, TN (town, FIPS 620)
Location: 36.07668 N, 86.03460 W
Population (1990): 730 (352 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37012
Alexandria, VA (city, FIPS 510)
Location: 38.82100 N, 77.08618 W
Population (1990): 111183 (58252 housing units)
Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Alexandria, VA (city, FIPS 1000)
Location: 38.82100 N, 77.08618 W
Population (1990): 111183 (58252 housing units)
Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22301, 22302, 22304, 22305, 22311, 22312, 22314
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Alexandria
the ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its
founder, Alexander the Great (about B.C. 333). It was for a long
period the greatest of existing cities, for both Nineveh and
Babylon had been destroyed, and Rome had not yet risen to
greatness. It was the residence of the kings of Egypt for 200
years. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament, and only
incidentally in the New Apollos, eloquent and mighty in the
Scriptures, was a native of this city (Acts 18:24). Many Jews
from Alexandria were in Jerusalem, where they had a synagogue
(Acts 6:9), at the time of Stephen's martyrdom. At one time it
is said that as many as 10,000 Jews resided in this city. It
possessed a famous library of 700,000 volumes, which was burned
by the Saracens (A.D. 642). It was here that the Hebrew Bible
was translated into Greek. This is called the Septuagint
version, from the tradition that seventy learned men were
engaged in executing it It was however, not all translated at
one time. It was begun B.C. 280, and finished about B.C. 200 or
150. (See {VERSION}.)
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