Roxane
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Roxane is a feminine given name, best known today through figures such as writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay.
Aliases (2)
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
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| associatedWork |
Cyrano de Bergerac (play)
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| category |
feminine given names
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given names derived from Persian → |
| derivedFrom |
Old Persian name Roshanak
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| etymologyOrigin |
Greek name Rhoxanē (Ῥωξάνη)
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| gender |
feminine
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| hasDiminutive |
Rox
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Roxy → |
| hasLanguageOfUse |
English
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French → |
| hasVariant |
Roxana
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Roxanne → Roxanne (English variant) → |
| meaning |
bright
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dawn → little star → |
| nameDayObservedIn |
some French-speaking countries
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| notableBearer |
Roxane (character in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac)
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Roxane Gay → |
| notableBearerOccupation |
cultural critic
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writer → |
| popularity |
moderately common in French-speaking countries
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| script |
Latin alphabet
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| spellingVariant |
Roxane (French standard spelling)
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| usageRegion |
Belgium
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Canada → France → Switzerland → United States → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Roxane Gay
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givenName |
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Persian Letters
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hasCharacter |
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Roxana
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hasVariant |
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Roxana
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isCognateWith |
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Roxane
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nameInLatinAlphabet |
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Roxane
("Roxane (character in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac)")
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notableBearer |
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Roxane
("Roxane (French standard spelling)")
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spellingVariant |