Osage

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊseɪdʒ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈseɪdʒ/, /ˈəʊseɪdʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊseɪdʒ, -eɪdʒ

Noun

Osage (plural Osages or Osage)

1. A member of the Osage Nation.

Derived terms

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

Translations

member of the Osage Nation

• Unami: Wëshashi anim

Proper noun

Osage

1. The Osage Nation.
2. The now-extinct language of the Osage Nation.
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.

Translations

language

• French: Osage (fr) m
• Marathi: ओसेज f (osej)
• 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