What is the difference between al and alexander?

As nouns the difference between al and alexander

is that al is initialism of lang=en while alexander is alexanders: any of various umbellifers, often specifically species: Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.

As proper nouns the difference between al and alexander

is that al is abbreviation of Alabama|lang=en, a state of the United States of America while Alexander is a given name derived from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

al

Translingual

Symbol

(head)

The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Albania.

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alexander

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

, most famously held by (Alexander the Great).

* : Act V, Scene I:

Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander , till he find it stopping a bung-hole?

* 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy , Book IV, Chapter 18:

And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander , I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.

* 1985 , The Accidental Tourist , ISBN 0-7011-2986-7, page 170:

"My son's name is Alexander'," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him ' Alexander because it sounded high-class.

Derived terms

{{der3, Al , Alec , Aleck , Alex , Alistair , Lex , Sandro , Sandy , Sasha , Xan , Xander}}