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oasis - 6 dictionary results

o⋅a⋅sis

[oh-ey-sis]
–noun, plural -ses [-seez] .
1. a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
2. something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.: The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.

Origin:
1605–15; < LL < Gk óasis (Herodotus) < Egyptian wḥʾt oasis, oasis region


o⋅a⋅sit⋅ic [oh-uh-sit-ik] , o⋅a⋅sal, o⋅a⋅se⋅an [oh-ey-see-uhn] , adjective


2. haven, harbor, retreat, shelter.
o·a·sis   (ō-ā'sĭs)   
n.   pl. o·a·ses (-sēz)
  1. A fertile or green spot in a desert or wasteland, made so by the presence of water.
  2. A situation or place preserved from surrounding unpleasantness; a refuge: an oasis of serenity amid chaos.

[From Late Latin Oasis, an oasis in the Libyan desert, from Greek, from Coptic ouahe, from Egyptian wḥ't.]

Oasis

O"as*is\ ([=o]"[.a]*s[i^]s or [-o]*[=a]"s[i^]s; 277), n.; pl. Oases (-s[=e]z). [L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt. ouahe.] A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life. --Tennyson.
Language Translation for : oasis
Spanish: oasis,
German: die Oase,
Japanese: オアシス

oasis 
1613, from Fr., from L.L., from Gk. oasis, probably from Hamitic (cf. Coptic wahe, ouahe "dwelling place, oasis," from ouih "dwell"). The same Egyptian source produced Arabic wah.
oasis   (ō-ā'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural oases (ō-ā'sēz)
A small area in a desert that has a supply of water and is able to support vegetation. An oasis forms when groundwater lies close enough to the surface to form a spring or to be reached by wells.
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