Auguste Charlois who discovered 317 Roxane named for Roxana from what area
Roxana Roxana (Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη ; Old Iranian "Raoxshna"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian princess of Bactria and a wife of the Greek Macedonian king, Alexander the Great. She was born in c. 340 BC though the precise date remains uncertain and died in c. 310 BC.
Roxana, Delaware Roxana is an unincorporated community in southeastern Sussex County, Delaware. It is roughly centered on the intersection of Delaware Route 20 and Delaware Route 17. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Roxana was originally named the "Village of Centreville" and underwent a name change to Roxana that was passed by the Delaware General Assembly on April 2, 1869. An act to incorporate the "town of Roxana" was passed on March 26, 1909 by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware.