Roxana

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).

Proper noun

Roxana

1. The wife of Alexander the Great.
2. A female given name from Persian.

Related terms

• Roxane
• Roxanna
• Roxanne
• Roxy
• Roxandra
• Roshanak

Translations

the wife of Alexander the Great

• Catalan: Roxana
• Danish: Roxana
• Dutch: Roxane
• Finnish: Roksane
• French: Roxane (fr)
• German: Roxane (de)
• Greek: Ρωξάνη (el) f (Roxáni)

  Ancient: Ῥωξᾱ́νη f (Rhōxā́nē)

• Hebrew: רוקסנה f (roksána)
• Hindi: रौशना f (rauśnā)
• Italian: Rossane
• Kazakh: Раушан (Rauşan)
• Norwegian: Roxana
• Persian: رکسانا (roksânâ)
• Portuguese: Roxana f
• Russian: Рокса́на f (Roksána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Роксана f

  Roman: Roksana f

• Spanish: Roxana (es)
• Swedish: Roxana
• Urdu: روشنا f (rauśanā)

female given name

• Catalan: Roxana
• Czech: Roxana f
• Dutch: Roxane
• French: Roxane (fr)
• Greek: Ρωξάνη (el) f (Roxáni)
• Hebrew: רוקסנה f (roksána)
• Italian: Rossana (it)
• Occitan: Rosana f
• Persian: رکسانا (roksânâ)
• Polish: Roksana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Rosana (pt) f, Rosane (pt) f, Rosânia f
• Romanian: Ruxandra f
• Russian: Рокса́на f (Roksána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Роксана f

  Roman: Roksana f

• Spanish: Roxana (es)
• Turkish: Roksana f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: ^{(please verify)} Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} Rhóxané
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Roxana
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} रोक्साना (roksānā)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Roxana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁokˈsɐ̃.nɐ/ [hokˈsɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁokˈsɐ̃.nɐ/ [hokˈsɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁokˈsɐ̃.nɐ/ [χokˈsɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁokˈsɐ.na/ [hokˈsɐ.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔˈksɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔˈksɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔˈksa.nɐ/

Proper noun

Roxana f

1. Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Roxanne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roɡˈsana/ [roɣ̞ˈsa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Ro‧xa‧na

Proper noun

Roxana f

1. Roxana, the wife of Alexander
2. a female given name