alexandrina
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.72 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
name
A local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia; in full, Alexandrina Council.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ina. Doublet of Alexandrine.