Osage
pronunciation
How to pronounce Osage in British English:
UK [əuˈseidʒ,ˈəuseidʒ]
How to pronounce Osage in American English:
US [ˈoˌsedʒ, oˈsedʒ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
- the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage people
Word Origin
- Osage
- name of a group of Siouxan Indians originally from Missouri, 1690s, via French, from their self-designation Wazhazhe. The ornamental tree osage orange (Toxylon pomiferum), name first attested 1817, originally was found in their country.
Example
- 1. Holiday inn express osage beach hotel .
- 2. As humans flee from their urban deathtraps , many of them fall in with osage leaders , who are already an organized force .
- 3. I seem to have gotten a good fit , there are no gaps , and hickory and osage are pretty strong anyway .
- 4. Until some robotics geeks and an army of osage natives learn to fight back .
- 5. A member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers ; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century .