Oise
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑːz/
Proper noun
Oise
- A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Beauvais (INSEE code 60).
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
department
Anagrams
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/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Oise
- Rhymes: -az
Proper noun
Oise f
- Oise (a department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France)
- 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
- ^ Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de rivières et de montagnes en France, Paris, Klincksieck, 1982, 234 p., p. 56