Alexandrian

1. Of or relating to Alexander the Great: the Alexandrian conquests.
2. Of or relating to Alexandria, Egypt.
3. 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.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
  Pertains to noun: Alexander (meaning #2)

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

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