Roxana
[rɒkˈsɑːnə]Meaning
from Old Iranian *rauxšnā, "bright, shining"
Background Story
Roxana is the Latin form of the Greek Ῥωξάνη, itself from an Old Persian or Bactrian name built on Old Iranian *rauxšnā, "bright, shining". It was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. The name came into use again in the 17th century and was popularized in the English-speaking world by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel Roxana (1724). It is used in Bengali, French, Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Tajik, among other languages.
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