Roxane
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Etymology
From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Luna.
Proper noun
Roxane
- A female given name from Old Persian
- 1897, Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker, Cyrano de Bergerac, published 1923:
- Your name is like a golden bell
Hung in my heart; and when I think of you,
I tremble, and the bell swings and rings - "Roxane!"
"Roxane!"...along my veins, "Roxane!"
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Roxane f
- Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Roxana
Descendants
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