Alexandrian
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Al·ex·an·dri·an
(ăl'ĭg-zăn'drē-ən) 
adj.
adj.
- Of or relating to Alexander the Great: the Alexandrian conquests.
- Of or relating to Alexandria, Egypt.
- Of, characteristic of, or belonging to a learned school of Hellenistic literature, science, and philosophy located at Alexandria in the last three centuries B.C.
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Alexandrian
Alexandrian is either:
- an adjective referring to a place called Alexandria, as in Alexandrian text-type
- a person from and/or inhabiting a city called Alexandria
- a member of a group of Alexandrians, equally associated with Alexandria, as an Ancient school of theologians
- A regional stage in the Silurian geological period.
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