  == anglicization ==  Was the objection to the name 'Bombay' by the local political party based on the Portuguese form of the name or the anglicization of the name ? The name of the large Egyptian city of Alexandria was given to the newly built city in the time of the early Ptolemies. Egyptians never used this name. They used the name of the small fishing village on or near which the Greek city was built. The name Alexandria has subsequently been arabized (not surprisingly). If the majority of the population were Christian and still spoke  and wrote Coptic, one can only speculate whether there would be a move to have the place renamed 'Rakote' (  ).