Alexander the Great

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Etymology

From Middle English Alexander the grete, a calque of Latin Alexander Magnus.

Proper noun

Alexander the Great

(356–323 BCE) A king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia.

Translations

King of Macedonia

Albanian: Leka e Madhe, Lek i Madhe
Arabic: اَلْإِسْكَنْدَر اَلْأَكْبَر‎ m (al-ʔiskandar al-ʔakbar)
Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Մակեդոնացի (Alekʿsandr Makedonacʿi)
Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Вялі́кі m (Aljaksándr Vjalíki), Алякса́ндр Македо́нскі m (Aljaksándr Makjedónski)
Bulgarian: Алекса́ндар Македо́нски m (Aleksándar Makedónski), Алекса́ндар Вели́ки m (Aleksándar Velíki)
Catalan: Alexandre el Gran m, Alexandre el Magne m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞歷山大大帝／亚历山大大帝 (zh) (Yàlìshāndà dàdì)
Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲟ (aleksandros po)
Czech: Alexandr Veliký m, Alexandr Makedonský m
Dutch: Alexander de Grote m
Esperanto: Aleksandro la Granda
Finnish: Aleksanteri Suuri
French: Alexandre le Grand (fr) m
German: Alexander der Große m
Greek: Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας (Aléxandros o Mégas)
Ancient: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Aléxandros ho Mégas)
Hebrew: אלכסנדר הגדול‎ (aleksánder hagadól), אלכסנדר מוקדון‎ (aleksánder mokdón)
Hindi: सिकंदर (hi) m (sikandar), सिकन्दर (hi) m (sikandar), इसकंदर (hi) m (iskandar), इसकन्दर (hi) m (iskandar), जुलकरनैन (hi) m (julkarnain)
Icelandic: Alexander mikli m
Irish: Alastar Mór m
Italian: Alessandro Magno m
Japanese: アレキサンダー大王 (Arekisandā Daiō), アレクサンドロス大王 (Arekusandorosu Daiō)
Khmer: មហារាជអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ (mɔhaa riech eeləchsɛɛndəɨr), មហាវីរក្សត្រអេឡិចស៊ែនដឺរ (mɔhaa viirea ksat eeləchsɛɛndəɨr)
Korean: 알렉산드로스 대왕 (Alleksandeuroseu Daewang)
Latin: Alexander Magnus m
Lithuanian: Aleksandras Makedonietis m, Aleksandras Didysis m
Macedonian: Алекса́ндар Маке́донски m (Aleksándar Makédonski), Алекса́ндар Ве́лики m (Aleksándar Véliki)
Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (iskandar)
Manx: Alistair Mooar m
Persian: اسکندر مقدونی‎ (eskandar maqeduni), سکندر کبیر‎ (eskandar kabir)
Polish: Aleksander Macedoński m, Aleksander Wielki m
Portuguese: Alexandre Magno m, Alexandre, o Grande m
Romanian: Alexandru cel Mare m
Russian: Алекса́ндр Македо́нский (ru) m (Aleksándr Makedónskij), Алекса́ндр Вели́кий m (Aleksándr Velíkij)
Sanskrit: सेकन्धर (sa) m (sekandhara)
Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mòr m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Александар Велики m, Александар Македонски m

Roman: Aleksandar Veliki m, Aleksandar Makedonski m
Slovak: Alexander Veľký m, Alexander Macedónsky m
Slovene: Aleksander Veliki (sl) m, Aleksander Makedonski m
Spanish: Alejandro Magno m
Swedish: Alexander den store
Turkish: Büyük İskender (tr)
Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Маке́донський m (Oleksándr Makédonsʹkyj), Олекса́ндр Вели́кий m (Oleksándr Velýkyj)

Alexander the Great

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