Alexandria was located on the earlier Egyptian settlement, which was called Rhacotis (), the Hellenised form of Egyptian r-ꜥ-qd(y)t. As one of many settlements founded by Alexander the Great, the city he founded on Rhacotis was called (), which some sources translated as "Alexandria by Egypt", as the city was, at that time, in the periphery of Egypt proper (the area beside the Nile). Some of the Alexandrian and Greek populaces, e.g., Hypsicles, also referred to the city as (, "Alexandria near Egypt"). In the course of Roman rule in Egypt, the city's name was Latinised as .
Alexandria was located on the earlier Egyptian settlement, which was called Rhacotis (), the Hellenised form of Egyptian r-ꜥ-qd(y)t. As one of many settlements founded by Alexander the Great the city he founded on Rhacotis was called (), which some sources translated as "Alexandria by Egypt", as the city was, at that time, in the periphery of Egypt proper (the area beside the Nile). Some of th,e Alexandrian and Greek populaces, e.g., Hypsicles, also referred to the city as (, "Alexandria near Egypt"). In the course of Roman rule in Egypt, the city's name was Latinised as .