Roxane
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Roxane may be:
- An alternative (French) spelling for the female given name RoxanneRoxanneRoxanne may refer to:* Hurricane Roxanne, a major hurricane in October 1995* "Roxanne" , a 1978 song by The Police* A main character and love interest in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac'...
; from the Persian RoshanakRoshanakRoshanak is a traditional Iranian name for a female. Its meaning is "luminous beauty".This was the name of a Bactrian noblewoman who was the daughter of Oxyartes of Sogdiana and the official wife of Alexander the Great, known as Roxana in Greek.... - Roxane, a brand name of the drug roxatidineRoxatidineRoxatidine acetate is a specific and competitive H2 receptor antagonist. The antisecretory effect of roxatidine acetate is mediated by its main metabolite, roxatidine....
- 317 Roxane317 Roxane317 Roxane is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 11, 1891 in Nice, and was at first named Roxana....
, an asteroid - RoxanaRoxanaRoxana sometimes Roxane, was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain....
, wife of Alexander the Great - Roxane, the lover of Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac (play)Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....