Names
- Literary Arabic: الإسكندرية al-ʾIskandariyyah
- Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه,
- Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə
- Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Alexándreia
- Koine Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ' Αἴγυπτον, "Alexandria in Egypt".
- Italian: Alessandria
- French: Alexandrie
- Turkish: İskenderiye
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