Oise

See also: OISE, oíse, öise, -óise, oiṣẹ, and ọịṣẹ

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑːz/

Proper noun

Oise

  1. A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Beauvais (INSEE code 60).
  2. A right tributary of the Seine, originating in Belgium and flowing through the departments of Aisne, Oise, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines in northeastern France.

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French

Etymology

Named after the River Oise, itself from or related to the Roman river name Latin Isara,[1] thus also related to the river Isère.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waz/
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  • Hyphenation: Oise
  • Rhymes: -az

Proper noun

Oise f

  1. Oise (a department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France)
  2. Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, originating in Belgium and flowing through the departments of Aisne, Oise, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines in northeastern France)

References

  1. ^ Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de rivières et de montagnes en France, Paris, Klincksieck, 1982, 234 p., p. 56