Alexandria

settlement · 2010 BC – 2000 AD

The ancient port city in Egypt's Nile Delta, founded by Alexander the Great in 332/331 BCE.

Coordinates
31.20144, 29.90977
Also known as
Aleixandría (an), Aleksandria (br), Aleksandrija (bs), Alexandrea ad Aegyptum (ka), Alexandreia (grc), Alexandreia ad Aegyptum, Alexandrië (af), Rakote (cop), Rhakōtis, Rhakotis (grc), Scanderia (en), Scanderia (en), al-Iskandariyya, al-Iskandarīya, al-Iskandariya, al-Iskandariyah, el-Iskandariya, el-Iskandariyah, al-Iskandariyya, al-Iskandariyyah, el-Iskandariyya, el-Iskandariyyah (arb), al-İskandarīya, İsgəndəriyyə (az), İskenderiyye (ota), Александрия (bg), Александрыя (be), Искәндәриә (ba), الإسكندرية (ar), আলেকজান্দ্রিয়া (bn), ཡ་ལི་ཧྲན་ད (bo), እስክንድርያ (am), ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ (cop)
Dating
attested

Sources

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