#Alexa

• Alexandrie — An archaic literary term used to designate a popular tale, chronicle, or medieval chivalric romance recounting the life, heroic deeds, and legendary military campaigns of Alexander the Great. It originates from the tradition of old Romanian manuscripts and defines a specific narrative genre blending historical truth with mythological and fantastic elements.
• Alexandrine — Pertaining to the city of Alexandria or the Hellenistic culture developed there; in poetics, the term designates a solemn classical verse of twelve (or fourteen) syllables, composed of two equal hemistichs separated by a caesura. This type of verse, originating in medieval French literature and intensely used in classical tragedy, was successfully adopted by major Romanian poets in their epic compositions.
• Alexandrian — A regional or unofficial phonetic variant for alexandrinean, designating an inhabitant or a person originating from the municipality of Alexandria (Teleorman, Romania) or from the historical city of Alexandria (Egypt). As an adjective, the term describes goods, customs, or socio-cultural traits specific to these urban spaces, frequently used in the daily speech of southern Wallachia.
• Alexandrian woman — A regional, archaic, or unofficial phonetic variant for alexandrineancă, designating a woman or a female person originating from the municipality of Alexandria (Teleorman County, Romania) or from the historical city of Alexandria in Egypt. The term functions as a specific demonym in the folk dialect of the Wallachian lowlands, indicating geographical origin, social belonging, and local cultural identity.
• Alexandrianism — A syncretic cultural, literary, and philosophical movement developed in Alexandria during the Hellenistic period and the first centuries of our era, characterized by the fusion of Greek intellectual traditions with Eastern mystical and religious elements. In a negative literary sense, the term describes a tendency toward excessive erudition, pedantry, and rigid formalism, emphasizing strict technical rules of composition over creative originality.
• Alexandrite — A rare and highly valuable variety of chrysoberyl (beryllium aluminate) containing traces of chromium, characterized by the remarkable property of changing color depending on the lighting conditions (pleochroism). The gemstone appears emerald-green or bluish-green in natural daylight and shifts to raspberry-red, purplish, or violet under incandescent artificial light.
• Alexander — An extremely widespread masculine proper personal name in Romanian and international contexts, of Greek origin, borne by numerous rulers, kings, emperors, and saints throughout history. Borne as a given name, it holds a strong symbolic resonance associated with leadership, courage, and heroism, celebrated in the Christian-Orthodox calendar chiefly on August thirtieth.
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza — A prominent historical figure, the first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (between 1859 and 1866), and the founder of the modern Romanian state. His double election as ruler in Iași and Bucharest achieved the Union of January 24, 1859, his reign being defined by a series of radical and fundamental reforms (secularization of monastic lands, agrarian reform, civil code, free and compulsory primary education) that laid the institutional foundations of modern Romania.
• Alexander the Great — The historical and popular name of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon), king of ancient Macedonia (336–323 BC) and creator of one of the largest empires in antiquity. Renowned as one of the most brilliant military strategists and commanders in world history, he conquered the Persian Empire and extended the borders of the Hellenistic world into Egypt and India, triggering a profound cultural syncretism between West and East.
• Alexandru Odobescu — A 19th-century Romanian writer, archaeologist, academician, and politician, standing as a prominent encyclopedic figure of national culture. He authored famous literary works and essays such as Pseudocynegeticos and historical novellas (Doamna Chiajna, Mihnea Vodă cel Rău), while also being a pioneer of Romanian archaeology, renowned for his monumental study on the Pietroasa treasure.
• Alexeieff — A surname of Russian origin, transliterated into Western contexts, made famous in world cinema history by Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), a graphic artist, illustrator, and animation film director. Alongside his wife Claire Parker, he invented the pinscreen technique, a revolutionary device that produced unique chiaroscuro effects similar to aquatint etching, utilized to animate literary masterpieces.
• Alixăndria — An archaic graphic variant or old phonetic spelling for 'Alexandria'. In the history of Romanian literature, it designates the famous popular book (the popular Cyrillic romance) relating the legendary deeds and valors of Alexander the Great. It can also represent the ancient transcription of the city name or settlements named in his honor.
• Altamas — An archaic onomastic and toponymic term of Turanic origin, historically attested as a personal name (Tatar khan, character in popular writings like Alexandria) and used as a geographical name for mountainous landforms. In historical lexicography, it represents a structural variant closely linked to the evolution of proper names of Eastern influence assimilated into the medieval Romanian territory.
• Ammon — A major deity in Egyptian mythology (Amun / Amon), originally associated with the air and hidden aspects of creation, later syncretized with the sun god as Amun-Ra and adopted by the Greeks as the god Ammon. Often depicted with ram horns, his cult was centered at the main temple in Thebes and the famous oracle in the Siwa Oasis, where Alexander the Great was proclaimed a legitimate son of this deity.
• Ampex recorder — A technical and commercial term integrated into television and broadcasting jargon to designate a professional studio tape recorder or a videotape recorder (VTR), a name derived from the famous American Ampex corporation (founded by Alexander M. Poniatoff). In a broader sense, it was used in the past to denote the process of magnetic recording of audio-video signals or the magnetic tape itself.
• Amyntor — The original Latin form for the proper name Amyntor; a character in Greek mythology, king of Ormenion and father of the hero Phoenix, known from Homer's Iliad. In the history of Ancient Macedonia, the name was borne by a famous aristocrat, the father of Hephaestion, Alexander the Great's closest friend and general.
• Andrina — An international feminine given name rarely used in the Romanian space, representing a condensed form structurally derived from a hypocoristic variant of the name Alexandrina or a modern feminine extension based on the Greek root 'Andreas'. This name carries the symbolic value of nobility, moral strength, and elegance, serving as a personal identity marker.
• Antigonus — The name borne by several prominent figures from Greco-Macedonian antiquity and mythology; most historically famous is Antigonus I Monophthalmus (The One-Eyed), one of Alexander the Great's elite generals (diadochi) and founder of the Antigonid dynasty which ruled Macedon.
• Apelles — The traditional Romanian form of the name of the celebrated ancient Greek painter, Apelles; a prominent 4th-century BC artistic figure, renowned for his flawless technique in rendering anatomical realism and human expressiveness. In Romanian, the form without the final 's' is predominantly used in older historiography and classical translations of literary texts.
• Apelles — The official name, according to Greek and international spelling, of the most renowned painter of Ancient Greece (c. 370–306 BC); the official court artist of Alexander the Great, famous for introducing the varnishing technique using a black protective layer (atramentum). In modern lexicon, the form retains the mandatory etymological 's'.