oasis

See also OASIS, and oásis

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄασις (óasis), from Demotic wḥỉ, from Egyptian

wḥȝt (also meaning "basin").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, /əʊˈeɪsəs/, SAMPA: /@U"eIsIs/, /@U"eIs@s/
• (US) enPR: ō-ā'sĭs, ō-ā'səs, IPA: /oʊˈeɪsɪs/, /oʊˈeɪsəs/, SAMPA: /oU"eIsIs/, /oU"eIs@s/
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

Noun

oasis (plural oases)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
2. A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

   The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city

3. (initialism) Organizational Application Support and Information Services (OASIS).Software architecture for knowledge management and enhancing dissemination of critical information via cell phones, pagers, and PDA’s etc.

Synonyms

• (quiet place or situation): island, refuge

Translations

well surrounded by fertile region

Arabic: واحة (wāḥah) f. Armenian: օազիս (hy) (ōazis) Bosnian: oaza (bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: oáza (cs) f. Danish: oase (da) c. Dutch: oase (nl) f. Esperanto: oazo (eo) Finnish: keidas (fi) French: oasis (fr) f. Galician: oasis (gl) m. German: Oase (de) f. Greek: Ancient: ὄασις f. Modern: όαση f. Hebrew: אואזיס (he) (oázis) m.

Hungarian: oázis (hu) Icelandic: vin (is) f. Italian: oasi (it) f. Macedonian: оаза (mk) (oáza) f. Persian: آبادی.واحه (fa) (ābādi.vāhe) Polish: oaza (pl) f. Portuguese: oásis (pt) m. Russian: оазис (ru) (oázis) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: оаза f. Roman: oaza f. Spanish: oasis (es) m. Swedish: oas (sv) c. Turkish: vaha (tr) Urdu: ﻧﺨﻠﺴﺘﺎﻥ (ur) (nakhlistan) n. Volapük: loasid (vo) Welsh: gwerddon (cy)

quiet or peaceful place

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: oáza (cs) f. Esperanto: oazo (eo) Finnish: keidas (fi) Galician: oasis (gl) m.

Greek: όαση (el) f. Hungarian: oázis (hu) Macedonian: оаза (mk) (oáza) f. Spanish: oasis (es) m. Turkish: cennet (tr)

Anagrams

• ossia

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Pronunciation

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Noun

oasis m. and f. (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Anagrams

• osais

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Galician

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ɔˈa.sis/

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Noun

oasis m. (plural oases)

1. oasis (spring of fresh water in a desert)
2. oasis (quiet, peaceful place)