| alexandria | (n) a town in Louisiana on the Red River |
| alexandria | (n) 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, Syn. El Iskandriyah |
| alexandrian | (n) a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt) |
| alexandrian | (adj) of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire |
| alexandrian laurel | (n) East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia, Syn. Calophyllum inophyllum |
| alexandria senna | (n) erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. true senna, Indian senna, Cassia acutifolia, tinnevelly senna, Cassia augustifolia, Senna alexandrina, Alexandrian senna |
| hero | (n) Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century), Syn. Hero of Alexandria, Heron |
| 亚历山大 | [Yà lì shān dà, ㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˋ, 亚 历 山 大 / 亞 歷 山 大] Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) #17,256 [Add to Longdo] |
| 托勒密 | [Tuō lè mì, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ, 托 勒 密] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成, See also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成 #120,850 [Add to Longdo] |
| 欧几里德 | [Ōu jǐ lǐ dé, ㄡ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ, 欧 几 里 德 / 歐 幾 裡 德] Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本, See also: 幾何原本, 几何原本 #131,509 [Add to Longdo] |
| 亚历山大里亚 | [Yà lì shān dà lǐ yà, ㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄚˋ, 亚 历 山 大 里 亚 / 亞 歷 山 大 里 亞] Alexandria [Add to Longdo] |
| 刁藩都 | [Diāo fān dōu, ㄉㄧㄠ ㄈㄢ ㄉㄡ, 刁 藩 都] Diophantus of Alexandria (3rd century AD), Greek mathematician [Add to Longdo] |
| 托勒玫 | [Tuō lè méi, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄟˊ, 托 勒 玫] Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; also written 托勒密, See also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成, 托勒密 [Add to Longdo] |
| 欧几里得 | [Ōu jǐ lǐ dé, ㄡ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ, 欧 几 里 得 / 歐 幾 里 得] Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本, See also: 幾何原本, 几何原本 [Add to Longdo] |
