Roxane

English

Alternative forms

Roxanne

Proper noun

Roxane

A female given name borrowed from the 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!"

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁɔk.san/

Proper noun

Roxane

Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
A female given name, equivalent to Roxana.

Descendants

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

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