el iskandriyah

1. 1.

   the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt

   SynonymsAlexandria

   Broadercityport

   Part ofEgypt

Questions about el iskandriyah

What does el iskandriyah mean?

el iskandriyah means "the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt".

What is another word for el iskandriyah?

Close synonyms include Alexandria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is el iskandriyah a common word?

el iskandriyah is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.