ROXANA

Latín forma de Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Griego forma de the Persa or Bactrian name روشنک (Roshanak) which meant bright or dawn. This was the name of Alexander the Greats first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. In the modern era it came into use during the 17th century. In the Inglés-speaking world it was popularized by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel Roxana (1724).

“rahk-SAN-ə (English), rok-SA-na (Spanish)”