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; [syn: Alexandria, El Iskandriyah]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
El Iskandriyah
n 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 [syn: Alexandria,
El Iskandriyah]