Roxana

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Roxana

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

Related terms

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

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

Proper noun

Roxana f

Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
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

Roxana, the wife of Alexander
a female given name