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And Amazon's other service, found at alexa.com

• schoen 10y ago
  These, in turn, ultimately owe their name to the Library of Alexandria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Operations_and_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Operations_and_...
  • jonathankoren 10y ago
    And yet, they didn't use the name Alexandria.
  • richdougherty 10y ago
    Which owes its name to Alexander the Great.
    • solipsism 10y ago
      Who in turn owes his name to Alexander II of Macedon.
      • gohrt 10y ago
        No, to Alexander I of Macedon. Alexander II was Alexander (III) the Great's uncle.
        • solipsism 10y ago
          So what if he was his uncle? People are named after their uncles. Alexander II ruled well before the birth of Alexander III (during the boyhood of his father in fact) and would have been a perfectly logical namesake.