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.
Roxa Roxa or Canhabaque is an island in the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau. Its area is 111 km2 and is 20 km long and 11 km wide. Almost the entire island is made up of mangrove forests. Anagaru (Anagaro), Anchurupi, Bana, Egubane and Porcos are its surrounding islets located nearly 2 km north. Its current population is around 3,000 to 4,000 and may have reached 5,000. Each village consists of a unity of social independence.