"Roxana" meaning in English

See Roxana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ῥωξᾱ́νη}} Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), {{uder|en|peo|-}} Old Persian, {{uder|en|xbc|-}} Bactrian, {{cog|fa|روشن|tr=rowšan}} Persian روشن (rowšan) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Roxana
  1. The wife of Alexander the Great. Translations (the wife of Alexander the Great): Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Roxana (Catalan), Roxana (Danish), Roxane (Dutch), Roksane (Finnish), Roxane (French), Roxane (German), Ρωξάνη (Roxáni) [feminine] (Greek), רוקסנה (roksána) [feminine] (Hebrew), रौशना (rauśnā) [feminine] (Hindi), Rossane (Italian), Раушан (Rauşan) (Kazakh), Roxana (Norwegian), رکسانا (roksânâ) (Persian), Roxana [feminine] (Portuguese), Рокса́на (Roksána) [feminine] (Russian), Роксана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Roksana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Roxana (Spanish), Roxana (Swedish), روشنا (rauśanā) [feminine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Roxana-en-name-GtQSa~K5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 21 12 18 17 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 16 14 18 22 9 Disambiguation of 'the wife of Alexander the Great': 98 2
  2. A female given name from Persian. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Individuals Translations (female given name): Roxana (Catalan), Roxana [feminine] (Czech), Roxane (Dutch), Roxane (French), Ρωξάνη (Roxáni) [feminine] (Greek), רוקסנה (roksána) [feminine] (Hebrew), Rossana (Italian), Rosana [feminine] (Occitan), رکسانا (roksânâ) (Persian), Roksana [feminine] (Polish), Rosana [feminine] (Portuguese), Rosane [feminine] (Portuguese), Rosânia [feminine] (Portuguese), Ruxandra [feminine] (Romanian), Рокса́на (Roksána) [feminine] (Russian), Роксана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Roksana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Roxana (Spanish), Roksana [feminine] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Roxana-en-name-jeUpd~Xq Disambiguation of Individuals: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 21 12 18 17 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 16 14 18 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Roxane, Roxanna, Roxanne, Roxy, Roxandra, Roshanak
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
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    "es:Individuals"
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ῥωξᾱ́νη"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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        "2": "peo",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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        "2": "xbc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "روشن",
        "tr": "rowšan"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).",
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
    {
      "word": "Roxanna"
    },
    {
      "word": "Roxanne"
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      "word": "Roxy"
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        "The wife of Alexander the Great."
      ],
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          "Alexander the Great",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roksane"
    },
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "roksána",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רוקסנה"
    },
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      "roman": "rauśnā",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "रौशना"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Rossane"
    },
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      "roman": "Rauşan",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
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      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "roksânâ",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "رکسانا"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Roksána",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рокса́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Роксана"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roksana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rauśanā",
      "sense": "the wife of Alexander the Great",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "روشنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Roxane"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Roxáni",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ρωξάνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "roksána",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רוקסנה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Rossana"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "roksânâ",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "رکسانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roksana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosane"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosânia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruxandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Roksána",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рокса́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Роксана"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roksana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Roxana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roksana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Roxana"
}

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