Oise

Oise

See also: OISE, oíse, öise, and -óise

English

The bridge between Persan and Beaumont-sur-Oise over the River Oise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑːz/

Proper noun

Oise

1. One of the departments in Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Beauvais (INSEE code 60)
2. A river in northern France

Derived terms

• Beaumont-sur-Oise
• Val-d'Oise

Translations

department

Dutch: Oise n French: Oise (fr) f Latin: Oesia f, Esia f Macedonian: Оа́за f (Oáza) Picard: Oése f

Anagrams

• EOIs, OEIS

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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 Hauts-de-France, France)
2. Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France and Belgium)

References

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