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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Alexandria n : the chief port of Egypt; located where the Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt [syn: {Alexandria}, {El Iskandariyah}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Alexandria, AL Zip code(s): 36250 Alexandria, IN (city, FIPS 910) Location: 40.25818 N, 85.67618 W Population (1990): 5709 (2433 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46001 Alexandria, KY (city, FIPS 802) Location: 38.96054 N, 84.38423 W Population (1990): 5592 (1949 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41001 Alexandria, LA (city, FIPS 975) Location: 31.29195 N, 92.46331 W Population (1990): 49188 (20348 housing units) Area: 64.1 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71301, 71302, 71303 Alexandria, MN (city, FIPS 928) Location: 45.87405 N, 95.37514 W Population (1990): 7838 (3741 housing units) Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56308 Alexandria, MO (city, FIPS 604) Location: 40.35973 N, 91.45922 W Population (1990): 341 (169 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63430 Alexandria, NE (village, FIPS 730) Location: 40.24741 N, 97.38684 W Population (1990): 224 (123 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68303 Alexandria, OH (village, FIPS 1154) Location: 40.08975 N, 82.61306 W Population (1990): 468 (184 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43001 Alexandria, PA (borough, FIPS 756) Location: 40.55886 N, 78.10009 W Population (1990): 411 (158 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Alexandria, SD (city, FIPS 820) Location: 43.65392 N, 97.77902 W Population (1990): 518 (261 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Alexandria, TN (town, FIPS 620) Location: 36.07668 N, 86.03460 W Population (1990): 730 (352 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37012 Alexandria, VA (city, FIPS 510) Location: 38.82100 N, 77.08618 W Population (1990): 111183 (58252 housing units) Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Alexandria, VA (city, FIPS 1000) Location: 38.82100 N, 77.08618 W Population (1990): 111183 (58252 housing units) Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22301, 22302, 22304, 22305, 22311, 22312, 22314 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Alexandria the ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great (about B.C. 333). It was for a long period the greatest of existing cities, for both Nineveh and Babylon had been destroyed, and Rome had not yet risen to greatness. It was the residence of the kings of Egypt for 200 years. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament, and only incidentally in the New Apollos, eloquent and mighty in the Scriptures, was a native of this city (Acts 18:24). Many Jews from Alexandria were in Jerusalem, where they had a synagogue (Acts 6:9), at the time of Stephen's martyrdom. At one time it is said that as many as 10,000 Jews resided in this city. It possessed a famous library of 700,000 volumes, which was burned by the Saracens (A.D. 642). It was here that the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek. This is called the Septuagint version, from the tradition that seventy learned men were engaged in executing it It was however, not all translated at one time. It was begun B.C. 280, and finished about B.C. 200 or 150. (See {VERSION}.)
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