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Aleksandra

Aleksandra

See also: Aleksandrā

Estonian

Proper noun

Aleksandra

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alexandra.
  2. a transliteration of the Russian given name Александра (common among Estonian Russians).

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Faroese

Proper noun

Aleksandra f

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alexandra.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Aleksandra: Aleksandruson
  • daughter of Aleksandra: Aleksandrudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Aleksandra
Accusative Aleksandru
Dative Aleksandru
Genitive Aleksandru

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with English Alexandra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑlekˌsɑndrɑ]
  • Hyphenation: A‧lek‧sand‧ra

Proper noun

Aleksandra

  1. A female given name.
    • 1990 Tuula-Liina Varis, Vauvat yhdentyvät Eurooppaan, Suomen Kuvalehti 30 (27.7.)1990
      Koreita nimiä ku köyhän kakaroilla, sanottiin ennen. Köyhällä ei muuta koreata ollut lapselleen antaa. Itsellenikin on läheinen lounaissuomalainen maatyöläisen pesue, jossa suomalaisen nimen peräkaneettina vilisi Wilhelmiinaa, Aleksandraa ja Amandaa, jopa Dagmar. Suuresti epäilen, osasiko kumpikaan vanhemmista sitä lausua.

Declension

Inflection of Aleksandra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Aleksandra Aleksandrat
genitive Aleksandran Aleksandrojen
partitive Aleksandraa Aleksandroja
illative Aleksandraan Aleksandroihin
singular plural
nominative Aleksandra Aleksandrat
accusative nom. Aleksandra Aleksandrat
gen. Aleksandran
genitive Aleksandran Aleksandrojen
Aleksandrainrare
partitive Aleksandraa Aleksandroja
inessive Aleksandrassa Aleksandroissa
elative Aleksandrasta Aleksandroista
illative Aleksandraan Aleksandroihin
adessive Aleksandralla Aleksandroilla
ablative Aleksandralta Aleksandroilta
allative Aleksandralle Aleksandroille
essive Aleksandrana Aleksandroina
translative Aleksandraksi Aleksandroiksi
instructive Aleksandroin
abessive Aleksandratta Aleksandroitta
comitative Aleksandroineen

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Latvian

Etymology 1

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1879. Ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English Alexandra.

Proper noun

Aleksandra f (4th declension)

  1. A female given name
  2. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra), and of Alexandra from various languages.
Declension
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Etymology 2

From Aleksandrs

Proper noun

Aleksandra m

  1. genitive singular form of Aleksandrs

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Aleksandra was the only given name of 7260 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alɛˈks̪an̪d̪ra/

Proper noun

Aleksandra f (diminutive Ola)

  1. A female given name, cognate to Alexandra.

Declension

Proper noun

Aleksandra m pers

  1. genitive singular of Aleksander
  2. accusative singular of Aleksander

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Aleksandra f (Cyrillic spelling Александра)

  1. A female given name, cognate to Alexandra.