Isis
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
Origin of Isis
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Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (or Islamic State in Iraq and Syria): a radical Sunni Muslim organization whose aim is to restore an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the region encompassing Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and southeastern Turkey.
Origin of ISIS
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Isises, and Ibises, and Cheopses, and Pharaohses; who cares about them?
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British Dictionary definitions for Isis (1 of 2)
/ (ˈaɪsɪs) /
the local name for the River Thames at Oxford
British Dictionary definitions for Isis (2 of 2)
/ (ˈaɪsɪs) /
an ancient Egyptian fertility goddess, depicted as a woman with a cow's horns, between which was the disc of the sun; wife and sister of Osiris
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