Alexandria
[,ælig'zɑ:ndriə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a town in Louisiana on the Red River.
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Examples
- Something has already been said of the early astronomers and mathematicians of Alexandria . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The vision of another world is ascribed to Er, the son of Armenius, who is said by Clement of Alexandria to have been Zoroaster. Plato. The Republic.
- Arius, for example, is accused of heretical opposition because he was not appointed Bishop of Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- During the night, General Banks continued his retrograde movement to Grand Ecore, and thence to Alexandria, which he reached on the 27th of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No attempt seems to have been made at Alexandria to print anything at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He wrote himself a history of Alexander's campaigns, and instituted the famous library of Alexandria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He collected vast numbers of manuscripts, had strange animals brought from distant land s to Alexandria, and otherwise promoted scientific research. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Well, uncle, and what did you do after Alexandria? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Alexandria, however, for her town affairs, and subject to the divine overlordship of Pharaoh, had a constitution of the Greek city type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the time of Julius C?sar the larger of the famous libraries of Alexandria, containing, i t is computed, some 490,000 rolls, caught fire from ships burning in the harbor, and perished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Of course, at that time, there was no canal, and no Suez; but I managed somehow to get across the isthmus to Alexandria. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But Rome never produced a very considerable industrial population, and her warehouses never rivalled those of Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alexandria was too much like a European city to be novel, and we soon tired of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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