"Ossian" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: An anglicisation, made known by James Macpherson, of Irish Oisín, diminutive form of os (“deer”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ga|Oisín}} Irish Oisín Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ossian
  1. A male given name from Irish; rather rare in the Anglo-Saxon world. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Ossian (Finnish), Oisín (Irish), Oshin (Manx), Ossian (Swedish), Osian (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Ossian-en-name-o2NPCTpj Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 15 28 15 13 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 83 4 5 4 4
  2. A place name:
    A town in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States.     Categories (place): Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Indiana, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ossian-en-name-3-onTZ0h Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 15 28 15 13
  3. A place name:
    A minor city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.     Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ossian-en-name-AQY~hKfY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 21 31 21 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 20 33 20 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 21 30 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 21 32 21 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 21 32 21 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 17 32 17 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 15 28 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 17 16 34 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 16 35 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 6 19 36 19 20
  4. A place name:
    A town in Livingston County, New York, United States.     Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in New York, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ossian-en-name-kqT~K~j6 Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 15 28 15 13
  5. A place name:
    A river that flows from Loch Ossian, Highland council area, Scotland, ultimately joining the River Spean.     Categories (place): Places in Highland, Scotland, Places in Scotland, Rivers in Highland, Scotland, Rivers in Scotland Derived forms: Ossianesque, Ossianic Related terms: Loch Ossian
    Sense id: en-Ossian-en-name-G4~vmEKw Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 15 28 15 13
     
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.