Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form)

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Sardinian given name given name masculine given name

Alessandru is the Sardinian regional form of the given name Alessandro, itself equivalent to Alexander.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Alessandro is the Italian form of Alexander	2
Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1778872 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form)
Context triple: [Alessandro, hasVariant, Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form)]

A. Sardinian Sassarese dialect
The Sardinian Sassarese dialect is a Romance variety spoken around the city of Sassari in northern Sardinia, showing strong historical and linguistic affinities with Corsican and Tuscan.
B. Sardinian language
The Sardinian language is a Romance language spoken on the island of Sardinia, noted for preserving many archaic features of Latin more than any other modern Romance tongue.
C. Sol (Latin)
Sol (Latin) is the personification of the Sun in Roman mythology, often depicted as a solar deity driving a chariot across the sky.
D. Sassarese
Sassarese is a Romance language variety spoken in and around the city of Sassari in northern Sardinia, influenced by both Sardinian and Corsican-Ligurian linguistic features.
E. Alessandrino Piedmontese
Alessandrino Piedmontese is a regional variety of the Piedmontese language traditionally spoken in and around the city and province of Alessandria in northwestern Italy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form)
Target entity description: Alessandru is the Sardinian regional form of the given name Alessandro, itself equivalent to Alexander.

A. Sardinian Sassarese dialect
The Sardinian Sassarese dialect is a Romance variety spoken around the city of Sassari in northern Sardinia, showing strong historical and linguistic affinities with Corsican and Tuscan.
B. Sardinian language
The Sardinian language is a Romance language spoken on the island of Sardinia, noted for preserving many archaic features of Latin more than any other modern Romance tongue.
C. Sol (Latin)
Sol (Latin) is the personification of the Sun in Roman mythology, often depicted as a solar deity driving a chariot across the sky.
D. Sassarese
Sassarese is a Romance language variety spoken in and around the city of Sassari in northern Sardinia, influenced by both Sardinian and Corsican-Ligurian linguistic features.
E. Alessandrino Piedmontese
Alessandrino Piedmontese is a regional variety of the Piedmontese language traditionally spoken in and around the city and province of Alessandria in northwestern Italy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sardinian given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
category	Masculine given names ⓘ Sardinian masculine given names ⓘ
derivedFrom	Alessandro ⓘ Greek name Alexandros ⓘ
derivedUltimatelyFrom	Alexander ⓘ
equivalentFormOf	Alessandro ⓘ Alexander ⓘ
etymologicalComponent	alexein (to defend) ⓘ anēr / andros (man) ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasMeaning	defender of men ⓘ
hasRegionalFormOf	Alessandro ⓘ
hasRelatedName	Alessandra ⓘ Alessio ⓘ Sandro ⓘ
hasShortFormOf	Alex ⓘ
languageOfUse	Sardinian ⓘ linked to: Sardinian language
nameDayAssociatedWith	Saint Alexander ⓘ
nameDayCalendar	Catholic tradition ⓘ
semanticField	protection ⓘ warrior ⓘ
usedInCountry	Italy ⓘ
usedInRegion	Sardinia ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alessandro → hasVariant → Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form) ⓘ

Alessandro Mancini → etymologyOfGivenName → Alessandro is the Italian form of Alexander ⓘ

linked to: Alessandru (regional/Sardinian form)

Alessandro Rossi → hasNameComponentMeaning → Alessandro is the Italian form of Alexander ⓘ