Alejandro - Wiktionary

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:AlejandroWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally defender of man), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/

Proper noun

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Alejandro

  1. A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
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Translations

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  • Arabic: أَلِيخَانْدْرُو m (ʔalīḵāndrū), آلِيخَانْدْرُو m (ʔālīḵāndrū)
  • Armenian: Ալեխանդրո (Alexandro)
  • Belarusian: Алеха́ндра m (Aljexándra)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 亞歷杭德羅 / 亚历杭德罗 (Yàlìhángdéluó)
  • Georgian: ალეხანდრო (alexandro)
  • Greek: Αλεχάντρο (el) m (Alechántro)
  • Hebrew: אָלֶחָנְדְרוֹ m (Alekhándro)
  • Hindi: ऐलेजैंड्रो (ailejaiṇḍro)
  • Japanese: アレハンドロ (Arehandoro)
  • Korean: 알레한드로 (Allehandeuro)
  • Persian: آلخاندرو (âlexândro), آلهاندرو (âlehândro)
  • Russian: Алеха́ндро (ru) m (Alexándro)
  • Thai: อเลฮานโดร (à-lee-haan-droo)
  • Ukrainian: Алеха́ндро m (Alexándro)
cognates of Alejandro see Alexander

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:AlejandroWikipedia es

Alternative forms

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  • Alexandro

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally the man who repels [enemies]). Cognate with English Alexander.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aleˈxandɾo/ [a.leˈxãn̪.d̪ɾo]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -andɾo
  • Syllabification: A‧le‧jan‧dro

Proper noun

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Alejandro m

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander

Derived terms

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  • Ale
  • Alejandría
  • alejandrino
  • Alejandro Magno
  • Alejandrópolis
  • Jandro
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  • Alejandra

Descendants

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  • Basque: Alexandro
  • Cebuano: Alejandro
  • English: Alejandro
  • Ilocano: Alehandro
  • Tagalog: Alejandro
  • Waray-Waray: Alejandro

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaleˈhandɾo/ [ʔɐ.lɛˈhan̪.d̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -andɾo
  • Syllabification: A‧le‧jan‧dro

Proper noun

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Alejandro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. a male given name from Spanish
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  • Alejandrino

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