Alexandria (disambiguation)

Alexandria is a city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great.

Alexandria may also refer to:

Places

Founded or renamed by Alexander the Great

• Ai-Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus), Afghanistan
• Alexandria Arachosia, Afghanistan; now called Kandahar (a contraction of Iskandahar)
• Alexandria Ariana (also found as Aria, Areia), Afghanistan, modern Herat
• Alexandria Bucephalous, Pakistan, on the Jhelum River (formerly Hydaspes)
• Alexandria in Orietai, Balochistan, Pakistan
• Alexandria Carmania, unknown site in Kerman Province, Iran
• Alexandria Eschate, "the Farthest", Tajikistan
• Alexandria on the Caucasus, Afghanistan
• Alexandria on the Indus, Pakistan
• Alinda (Alexandria by the Latmos), Turkey
• Cebrene (formerly Alexandria Troas), Turkey
• Charax Spasinu (Alexandria in Susiana), Iraq
• Ghazni (Alexandria in Opiania), Afghanistan
• Iskandariya (Alexandria), Iraq
• Iskenderun (Alexandria ad Issum), Turkey
• Merv, Turkmenistan, sometimes also called Alexandria in Margiana

With similar-sounding names

• Alexandropolis Maedica, the first town founded by Alexander the Great in 340 BC

Australia

• Alexandria, New South Wales
• Alexandra, Victoria
• Alexandria Station (Northern Territory)

Canada

• Alexandria, British Columbia
• Alexandria, Ontario

United States

• Alexandria, Alabama
• Alexandria, California
• Alexandria, Indiana
• Alexandria, Kentucky
• Alexandria, Louisiana
• Alexandria, Louisiana metropolitan area, a metropolitan area in central Louisiana
• Alexandria, Missouri
• Alexandria, Minnesota
• Alexandria, Nebraska
• Alexandria, New Hampshire
• Alexandria, New York
• Alexandria, Ohio, a village in Licking County
• Alexandria, Scioto County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Alexandria, Pennsylvania
• Alexandria, South Dakota
• Alexandria, Tennessee
• Alexandria, Virginia
• Alexandria Bay, New York
• Alexandria County, formerly in the District of Columbia and later in Virginia
• Alexandria Township, Douglas County, Minnesota
• Alexandria Township, New Jersey
• West Alexandria, Ohio

Other countries

• Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Alexandria, Jamaica
• Alexandria, Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Alexandria, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• Alexandria, Romania
• Alexandria Troas, Turkey, founded by Antigonus as Antigonia in 306 BC and renamed by Lysimachus in honor of the late Alexander in 301 BC
• Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
• Gyumri, Armenia (formerly Aleksandropol, 1837–1924)

Places with similar names

• Alejandría, Colombia
• Alessandria, Italy
• Alessandria del Carretto, Italy
• Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Aleksandro-Nevskaya), a monastery in Russia
• Alexandra, New Zealand
• Alexandreia, Greece
• Alexandrium, ancient site in Israel
• Alexandroupoli, Greece
• İskenderun, formerly Alexandretta, Turkey
• Oleksandriia (disambiguation):
  • Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, a city in central Ukraine
  • Oleksandriia, Rivne Oblast, a village in northwestern Ukraine

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities and places

• Alexandria, the name of a town (and a neighbouring tower) in the game Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
• Alexandria, a city in the PlayStation game Final Fantasy IX
• Alexandria, Mississippi, the setting of the novel The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
• Alexandria Safe-Zone, Virginia, a walled community cleared of walkers, in The Walking Dead television series and comics
• New Alexandria, a city that takes place on a fictional planet called Reach in the Xbox 360 game Halo: Reach

Film

• Alexandria (film), a 2005 Indonesian film
• The Alexandria trilogy, three films by Youssef Chahine: Alexandria... Why?, An Egyptian Story and Alexandria Again and Forever

Literature

• Alexandria (novel), 2009 novel by Lindsey Davis
• The Alexandria Quartet a tetralogy by Lawrence Durrell

Other uses

• Alexandria (library software), library automation software
• Alexandria (schooner), a three-masted schooner
• Alexandria (typeface), a serif font typeface created by Hank Gillete

See also

• Alessandria (disambiguation)
• Alexandra (disambiguation)
• Cities founded by Alexander the Great