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OSAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Osage" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
Synonyms:
Osage; Osage River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Osage" is a part of...):
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Osage" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages)
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