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Etymology
From Middle English Alexander the grete, a calque of Latin Alexander Magnus.
Proper noun
Alexander the Great
- (356–323 BCE) A king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia.
Translations
King of Macedonia
- Albanian: Leka e Madhe, Lek i Madhe
- Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَر اَلْأَكْبَر m (al-ʔiskandar al-ʔakbar)
- Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Մակեդոնացի (Alekʻsandr Makedonacʻi)
- Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Вялі́кі m (Aljaksándr Vjalíki), Алякса́ндр Македо́нскі m (Aljaksándr Makjedónski)
- Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (bn) (alekjanḍar), সিকান্দর (bn) (śikandor)
- Bulgarian: Алекса́ндар Македо́нски m (Aleksándar Makedónski), Алекса́ндар Вели́ки m (Aleksándar Velíki)
- Catalan: Alexandre el Gran m, Alexandre el Magne m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 亞歷山大大帝 / 亚历山大大帝 (zh) (Yàlìshāndà dàdì)
- Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲟ (aleksandros po)
- Czech: Alexandr Veliký m, Alexandr Makedonský m
- Dutch: Alexander de Grote m
- Esperanto: Aleksandro la Granda
- Finnish: Aleksanteri Suuri
- French: Alexandre le Grand (fr) m
- German: Alexander der Große m
- Greek: Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας (Aléxandros o Mégas), Μέγας Αλέξανδρος (Mégas Aléxandros)
- Ancient: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Aléxandros ho Mégas)
- Hebrew: אלכסנדר הגדול (aleksánder hagadól), אלכסנדר מוקדון (aleksánder mokdón)
- Hindi: सिकंदर (hi) m (sikandar), सिकन्दर (hi) m (sikandar), इसकंदर (hi) m (iskandar), इसकन्दर (hi) m (iskandar), जुलकरनैन (hi) m (julkarnain)
- Icelandic: Alexander mikli m
- Irish: Alastar Mór m
- Italian: Alessandro Magno m
- Japanese: アレキサンダー大王 (Arekisandā Daiō), アレクサンドロス大王 (Arekusandorosu Daiō)
- Khmer: មហារាជអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ (mɔhaa riech eeləchsɛɛndəɨr), មហាវីរក្សត្រអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ (mɔhaa viirea ksat eeləchsɛɛndəɨr)
- Korean: 알렉산드로스 대왕 (Alleksandeuroseu Daewang)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Skenderê Mezin (ku) m
- Latin: Alexander Magnus m
- Lithuanian: Aleksandras Makedonietis m, Aleksandras Didysis m
- Macedonian: Алекса́ндар Маке́донски m (Aleksándar Makédonski), Алекса́ндар Ве́лики m (Aleksándar Véliki)
- Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (iskandar)
- Manx: Alistair Mooar m
- Persian: اسکندر مقدونی (fa) (eskandar maqeduni), سکندر کبیر (eskandar kabir)
- Polish: Aleksander Macedoński m, Aleksander Wielki m
- Portuguese: Alexandre Magno m, Alexandre, o Grande m
- Romanian: Alexandru cel Mare m
- Russian: Алекса́ндр Македо́нский (ru) m (Aleksándr Makedónskij), Алекса́ндр Вели́кий m (Aleksándr Velíkij)
- Sanskrit: सेकन्धर (sa) m (sekandhara)
- Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mòr m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Александар Велики m, Александар Македонски m
- Roman: Aleksandar Veliki m, Aleksandar Makedonski m
- Slovak: Alexander Veľký m, Alexander Macedónsky m
- Slovene: Aleksander Veliki (sl) m, Aleksander Makedonski m
- Spanish: Alejandro Magno m
- Swedish: Alexander den store
- Tagalog: Alexander ang Dakila
- Turkish: Büyük İskender (tr)
- Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Маке́донський m (Oleksándr Makédonsʹkyj), Олекса́ндр Вели́кий m (Oleksándr Velýkyj)
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Translations to be checked
- Hindi: अलक्षेंद्र m (alakṣendra)
- Sanskrit: अलक्षेन्द्र m (alakṣendra)
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Further reading
- “Alexander the Great”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Alexander the Great”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Alexander the Great”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Alexander the Great”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.