Oxana

plural Oxanas · alternative Oksana

1. A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Окса́на (Oksána).

   ‘Go and explore the city. And start thinking about your cover name. Oxana Vorontsova’s dead.’

   2017, Luke Jennings, Codename Villanelle, John Murray, →ISBN

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   ‘Now,’ said Wardle, and Detective Sergeant Ekwensi clicked out the nib of her pen and prepared to write, ‘does the name Oxana Voloshina mean anything to either of you?’

   2015, Robert Galbraith [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Career of Evil, Sphere, →ISBN

   It has a picture of a woman that I know isn’t me but looks exactly like me with the name ‘Oxana Deseroyova’ on it.

   2020, Nick Tyrone, Politics is Murder, Accent, →ISBN