Alexa

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

proper noun

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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
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A female given name from Ancient Greek. A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon.com, Inc.
Create an upbeat mix for your life’s soundtrack. Easier yet, tell Alexa to play songs from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s or whatever musical genre that is your motivational call-to-arms.
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Also a form of AlexA female given name from Ancient Greek. Female equivalent of Alex.
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Also a form of AlexandraA female given name from Ancient Greek. Diminutive of Alexandra.

Etymology

* From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping of Alexandra.

Forms

plural: Alexas

Alert · A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the…alerted · Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed…Alex · A unisex given name from Ancient Greek.

Alexa · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

alexander · A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and…Alexander · A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by…Alexandra · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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