alexandra

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Definition of alexandra in English English dictionary

A female given name

'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'.

Russian Aleksandra Fyodorovna orig. Alix, Princess von Hesse-Darmstadt born June 6, 1872, Darmstadt, German Empire died July 16/17, 1918, Yekaterinburg, Russia Consort of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she married Nicholas in 1894 and sought to restore absolute power in the monarchy. Desperate to help her hemophiliac son, Alexis, she turned to the hypnotic powers of Grigory Rasputin, who became her spiritual adviser. In 1915 Nicholas left Moscow to command Russian forces in World War I, and Alexandra dismissed capable ministers and replaced them with nonentities favored by Rasputin. Her misrule contributed to the collapse of the imperial government. After the Bolshevik takeover in the Russian Revolution of 1917, the royal family was imprisoned and later executed. Danilova Alexandra Dionisyevna Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence Klasen

{i} female first name

given name, female

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Alexandra Danilova

born Nov. 20, 1903, Peterhof, Russia died July 13, 1997, New York, N.Y., U.S. Russian-born U.S. ballet dancer and teacher. She attended the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and became a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1924 she joined the Ballets Russes. From 1938 to 1952 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, touring worldwide as its prima ballerina. She created leading roles in The Triumph of Neptune, Gaîté Parisienne, Swan Lake, and Coppélia. After retiring in 1957 she became a full-time faculty member at the School of American Ballet (1964-89). She was instrumental in bringing classical and modern Russian repertoires to the U.S

Alexandra Dionisyevna Danilova

born Nov. 20, 1903, Peterhof, Russia died July 13, 1997, New York, N.Y., U.S. Russian-born U.S. ballet dancer and teacher. She attended the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and became a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1924 she joined the Ballets Russes. From 1938 to 1952 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, touring worldwide as its prima ballerina. She created leading roles in The Triumph of Neptune, Gaîté Parisienne, Swan Lake, and Coppélia. After retiring in 1957 she became a full-time faculty member at the School of American Ballet (1964-89). She was instrumental in bringing classical and modern Russian repertoires to the U.S

Hyphenation

Al·ex·an·dra

Turkish pronunciation

älegzändrı

Pronunciation

/ˌalegˈzandrə/ /ˌælɛɡˈzændrə/

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Aleksandrā). Feminine form of Alexander.