Osage

English

Etymology

Evolved from a borrowing from French variations of Osage 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 (wažáže), the name of a division of the tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊseɪd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

Osage (countable and uncountable, plural Osages or Osage)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Osage nation or tribe.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Osage language.
3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Arkansas.
5. A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
6. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Becker County, Minnesota.
7. An unincorporated community in Camden County, New Jersey.
8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
9. A small town in Osage County, Oklahoma.
10. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
11. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
12. A river in Missouri (the Osage River), which is a tributary of the Missouri River.
13. Four townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, United States, listed under Osage.

Derived terms

• Big Osage
• Little Osage
• Osage apple
• Osage City
• Osage County
• Osage Nation
• Osage orange
• Osage thorn

Translations

language

• French: Osage (fr) m
• Omaha-Ponca: wažáže
• Osage: 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 𐒻𐓟 (wažáže ie), wažáže ie
• Russian: осе́йдж m (oséjdž)

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code osa (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Osage, osa ⁠

Anagrams

• Seago, agoes