Exeter, NH, a small city of just over 14,000 people located in the southwest portion of the state in Rockingham County, is the safest city in New Hampshire. Situated at the merge of the Exeter River and Squamscott River, it is a scenic community with a long history.
Alexander is a name with Greek origins. The meaning of Alexander is Defender of the People. There are many alternate spellings of Alexander depending on the country in which you live. Some of these alternate spellings include Alejandro, Alessandro, and Alexzander. Nicknames for Alexander include Alex, Xander, and Sasha.
Under the rule of King Croesus of Lydia, construction of the great Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was begun, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (destroyed, the first time, by fire in 356 BCE, the same night Alexander the Great was born).he name of the city is thought to have been derived from Apasas, the name of a city in the Kingdom of Arzawa meaning the city of the Mother Goddess and some scholars maintain that the sign of the labrys, the double-axe of the mother goddess which adorned the palace at Knossos, Crete, originated in Ephesus.