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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
rox-ane
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Old Persian.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Luna.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Roxane, Ῥωξᾱ́νη, *rauxšnā, *lówksneh₂

Inflected Forms

Roxana (alternative) Roxanne (alternative)

Questions

What does roxane mean?
A female given name from Old Persian.
Where does roxane come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce roxane

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