Roxane

English

Alternative forms

• Roxanne

Proper noun

Roxane

1. A female given name from Persian borrowed from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French form of Roxana.
   • 1897 Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac (1923 translation by Brian Hooker):

     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!"

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk.san/

Proper noun

Roxane ?

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: Roxane
• → English: Roxane
• → German: Roxane