"oasis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/ [UK], /əʊˈeɪsəs/ [UK], /oʊˈeɪsɪs/ [US], /oʊˈeɪsəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-oasis.ogg [US] Forms: oases [plural], oasises [plural, proscribed, rare, sometimes]
enPR: ō-ā'sĭs Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs Etymology: From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|Oasis}} Late Latin Oasis, {{uder|en|grc|Ὄασις}} Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), {{der|en|egx-dem|wḥj}} Demotic wḥj, {{der|en|egy|wḥꜣt||oasis, cauldron}} Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), {{m|cop|ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ}} ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe), {{m|ar|وَاحَة}} وَاحَة (wāḥa) Head templates: {{en-noun|oases|+|pl2qual=rare, sometimes proscribed}} oasis (plural oases or (rare, sometimes proscribed) oasises)
  1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt Categories (place): Landforms, Peru Synonyms: island, refuge Translations (spring surrounded by fertile area): oazë [feminine] (Albanian), ὄασις (óasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), وَاحَة (wāḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), غُوطَة (ḡūṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), واح (wāḥ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), օազիս (ōazis) (Armenian), মৰুদ্যান (moruiddan) (Assamese), oasis [masculine] (Asturian), vahə (Azerbaijani), oasi (Basque), аа́зіс (aázis) [masculine] (Belarusian), মরুদ্যান (moruddan) (Bengali), оа́зис (oázis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အိုအေစစ် (uiecac) (Burmese), oasi [masculine] (Catalan), ⴰⵎⴷⴰ (amda) (Central Atlas Tamazight), 綠洲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 绿洲 (le̍k-chiu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 綠洲 (Chinese Cantonese), 绿洲 (luk⁶ zau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 綠洲 (Chinese Mandarin), 绿洲 (lǜzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) [Sahidic] (Coptic), oáza [feminine] (Czech), oase [common-gender] (Danish), oase [feminine] (Dutch), oazo (Esperanto), oaas (Estonian), grøna [feminine] (Faroese), keidas (Finnish), oasis [feminine] (French), oasis [masculine] (Galician), ოაზისი (oazisi) (Georgian), Oase [feminine] (German), όαση (óasi) [feminine] (Greek), נווה (navé) [masculine] (Hebrew), אוֹאָזִיס (oázis) [masculine] (Hebrew), नख़लिस्तान (naxlistān) [masculine] (Hindi), मरूद्यान (marūdyān) [masculine] (Hindi), शाद्वल (śādval) (Hindi), ओएसिस (oesis) (Hindi), oázis (Hungarian), vin [feminine] (Icelandic), oaziso (Ido), oasis (Indonesian), oase (Indonesian), wahah (Indonesian), ósais [feminine] (Irish), oasi [feminine] (Italian), オアシス (oashisu) (Japanese), оазис (oazis) (Kalmyk), шұрат (şūrat) (Kazakh), оазис (oazis) (Kazakh), អូអេស៊ីស (ʼouʼeesiih) (Khmer), 오아시스 (oasiseu) (Korean), 천지 (cheonji) (alt: 泉地) (Korean), оазис (oazis) (Kyrgyz), oāze [feminine] (Latvian), oazė [feminine] (Lithuanian), oasi [feminine] (Lombard), оа́за (oáza) [feminine] (Macedonian), wahah (Malay), puna manawa (Maori), баян бүрд (bajan bürd) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ногоон бүрд (nogoon bürd) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ (bayan büridü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ (noɣuɣan büridü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), wahe (Northern Kurdish), oase [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), واحه (vaha) (Ottoman Turkish), واحه (wāha) [feminine] (Pashto), واحِه (vâhe) (Persian), آبادی (âbâdi) (Persian), òasi [feminine] (Piedmontese), oaza [feminine] (Polish), oásis [masculine] (Portuguese), oază [feminine] (Romanian), оа́зис (oázis) [masculine] (Russian), оа́за [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oáza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oáza [feminine] (Slovak), oaza [feminine] (Slovene), oasis [masculine] (Spanish), oas [common-gender] (Swedish), owasis (Tagalog), oasis (Tagalog), воҳа (voha) (Tajik), ваһа (waha) (Tatar), оазис (oazis) (Tatar), โอเอซิส (oo-ee-sís) (Thai), vaha (Turkish), oazis (Turkmen), waha (Turkmen), оа́зис (oázys) [masculine] (Ukrainian), نَخْلِسْتان (naxlistān) [masculine] (Urdu), يېشىلزارلىق (yëshilzarliq) (Uyghur), بوستانلىق (bostanliq) (Uyghur), ۋاھە (wahe) (Uyghur), voha (Uzbek), oazis (Uzbek), ốc đảo (alt: 沃島) (Vietnamese), loasid (Volapük), gwerddon [feminine] (Welsh), אָאַזיס (oazis) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-oasis-en-noun-wrRn~1uk Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 87 3 9 Disambiguation of Landforms: 74 13 13 Disambiguation of Peru: 87 6 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 7 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 8 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 15 20 Disambiguation of 'spring surrounded by fertile area': 84 7 9
  2. (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle. Tags: figuratively Translations (quiet or peaceful place): аа́зіс (aázis) [masculine] (Belarusian), оа́зис (oázis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), oasi [masculine] (Catalan), oáza [feminine] (Czech), oazo (Esperanto), keidas (Finnish), oasis [masculine] (Galician), ოაზისი (oazisi) (Georgian), Oase [feminine] (German), όαση (óasi) [feminine] (Greek), oázis (Hungarian), оа́за (oáza) [feminine] (Macedonian), oase [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oaza [feminine] (Polish), oásis [masculine] (Portuguese), оа́зис (oázis) [masculine] (Russian), oasis [masculine] (Spanish), cennet (Turkish), оа́зис (oázys) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-oasis-en-noun-IymlRwRQ Disambiguation of 'quiet or peaceful place': 15 75 10
  3. (figuratively) A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-oasis-en-noun-PSLSZsAf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oasal, oasitic

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!",
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          "roman": "moruddan",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "মরুদ্যান"
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          "roman": "oázis",
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          "word": "အိုအေစစ်"
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          "roman": "le̍k-chiu",
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          "roman": "lǜzhōu",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
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          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "ouahe",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
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          ],
          "word": "ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ"
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          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "oáza"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
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          "word": "oase"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "oase"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oaas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grøna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "keidas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "oazisi",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "ოაზისი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Oase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "óasi",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "όαση"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "óasis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ὄασις"
        },
        {
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "navé",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "נווה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "oázis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אוֹאָזִיס"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "naxlistān",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "नख़लिस्तान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "marūdyān",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मरूद्यान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śādval",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "शाद्वल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "oesis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "ओएसिस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oázis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oaziso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "wahah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ósais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oashisu",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "オアシス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "oazis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "оазис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şūrat",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "шұрат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "oazis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "оазис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼouʼeesiih",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "អូអេស៊ីស"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "oasiseu",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "오아시스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "alt": "泉地",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheonji",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "천지"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "wahe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oazis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "оазис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oāze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oazė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oáza",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "wahah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "puna manawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bajan bürd",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "баян бүрд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "nogoon bürd",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ногоон бүрд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bayan büridü",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "noɣuɣan büridü",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "vaha",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "واحه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "wāha",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "واحه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vâhe",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "واحِه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âbâdi",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "آبادی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "òasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oásis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oază"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oázis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́зис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oáza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oáza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "oaza"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "oas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "owasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "voha",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "воҳа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "waha",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "ваһа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "oazis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "оазис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "oo-ee-sís",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "โอเอซิส"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "vaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oazis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "waha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oázys",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́зис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "naxlistān",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "نَخْلِسْتان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "yëshilzarliq",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "يېشىلزارلىق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bostanliq",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "بوستانلىق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "wahe",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "ۋاھە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "voha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "oazis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "alt": "沃島",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "ốc đảo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "word": "loasid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwerddon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 7 9",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oazis",
          "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אָאַזיס"
        }
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          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "aázis",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аа́зіс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oázis",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́зис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oáza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "word": "oazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "word": "keidas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "oazisi",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "word": "ოაზისი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Oase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "óasi",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "όαση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "word": "oázis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oáza",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oásis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oázis",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́зис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "word": "cennet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 75 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oázys",
          "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оа́зис"
        }
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      "ipa": "/əʊˈeɪsɪs/",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "enpr": "ō-ā'sĭs"
    }
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    "oasis"
  ],
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}
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      "expansion": "Late Latin Oasis",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ὄασις"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "egx-dem",
        "3": "wḥj"
      },
      "expansion": "Demotic wḥj",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "egy",
        "3": "wḥꜣt",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oasis, cauldron"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cop",
        "2": "ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ"
      },
      "expansion": "ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "وَاحَة"
      },
      "expansion": "وَاحَة (wāḥa)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oasises",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "proscribed",
        "rare",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oases",
        "2": "+",
        "pl2qual": "rare, sometimes proscribed"
      },
      "expansion": "oasis (plural oases or (rare, sometimes proscribed) oasises)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "oasal"
    },
    {
      "word": "oasitic"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid",
          "text": "It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Michael Welland, “Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports”, in The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders, Reaktion Books, →OCLC, page 317",
          "text": "On the edge of the dunes lies the oasis town of Dunhuang, a key strategic crossroads on the Silk Road as the routes divided to the west to skirt the Taklamakan to the north and south.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ],
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ],
        [
          "vegetation",
          "vegetation"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "island"
        },
        {
          "word": "refuge"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980 August 9, anonymous author, “Inside Burning”, in Gay Community News, page 4",
          "text": "I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to. But for these two oases, I have lived all these years in an emotional void.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊˈeɪsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊˈeɪsəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈeɪsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈeɪsəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪsɪs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪsəs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-oasis.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-us-oasis.ogg/En-us-oasis.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-oasis.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ō-ā'sĭs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oazë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāḥa",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَاحَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡūṭa",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غُوطَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāḥ",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "واح"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "օազիս"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "moruiddan",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "মৰুদ্যান"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "vahə"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aázis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аа́зіс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moruddan",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "মরুদ্যান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oázis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "uiecac",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "အိုအေစစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tzm",
      "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
      "roman": "amda",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ⴰⵎⴷⴰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "綠洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "luk⁶ zau¹",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "绿洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "綠洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "le̍k-chiu",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "绿洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "綠洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǜzhōu",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "绿洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "ouahe",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Sahidic"
      ],
      "word": "ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grøna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "keidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oazisi",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ოაზისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óasi",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "όαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óasis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὄασις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "navé",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נווה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "oázis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אוֹאָזִיס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "naxlistān",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नख़लिस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "marūdyān",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मरूद्यान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śādval",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "शाद्वल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "oesis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ओएसिस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oázis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vin"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oaziso"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "wahah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ósais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oashisu",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "オアシス"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "oazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "оазис"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şūrat",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "шұрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "oazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "оазис"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼouʼeesiih",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "អូអេស៊ីស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oasiseu",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "오아시스"
    },
    {
      "alt": "泉地",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheonji",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "천지"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "wahe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "оазис"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oāze"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oazė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oáza",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "wahah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "puna manawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bajan bürd",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "баян бүрд"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nogoon bürd",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ногоон бүрд"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bayan büridü",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "noɣuɣan büridü",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "vaha",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "واحه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wāha",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "واحه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâhe",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "واحِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âbâdi",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "آبادی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "òasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oásis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oază"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oázis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "owasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "voha",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "воҳа"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "waha",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ваһа"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "oazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "оазис"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "oo-ee-sís",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "โอเอซิส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "vaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oazis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "waha"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oázys",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "naxlistān",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَخْلِسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "yëshilzarliq",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "يېشىلزارلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bostanliq",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "بوستانلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "wahe",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ۋاھە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "voha"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "oazis"
    },
    {
      "alt": "沃島",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "ốc đảo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "word": "loasid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwerddon"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oazis",
      "sense": "spring surrounded by fertile area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָאַזיס"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aázis",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аа́зіс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oázis",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "word": "oazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "word": "keidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oazisi",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "word": "ოაზისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óasi",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "όαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "word": "oázis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oáza",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oase"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oásis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oázis",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "word": "cennet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oázys",
      "sense": "quiet or peaceful place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оа́зис"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "oasis"
  ],
  "word": "oasis"
}

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