Roxane
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Old Persian.
"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!""
Example
More examples"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!""
Etymology
From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Luna.
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