Isis

[ ahy-sis ]

/ ˈaɪ sɪs /

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noun Egyptian Religion.

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.

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Origin of Isis

<Latin <Greek Îsis<Egyptian 'st

Words nearby Isis

Isidore of Seville, Isidorus of Miletus, ISIL, Isin, isinglass, Isis, ISIS-K, isit, Iskander Bey, Iskenderun, Iskur

Other definitions for Isis (2 of 2)

ISIS

[ ahy-sis ]

/ ˈaɪ sɪs /

noun

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.

Also called ISIL, IS

Origin of ISIS

First recorded in 2010–15; from Arabic al-Sham, an ancient territory known in English as the Levant, an area on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean

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How to use Isis in a sentence

But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We quietly did,” Reed previously told The Daily Beast of removing ISIS.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But there is no consensus about what the attrition of ISIS looks like.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Isis it positive that the papers were put in 100 that top drawer that Miss Carrington now has open?
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Isis, the wife and sister of Osiris, was a sort of sun goddess, representing the productive power of Nature.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Isis, the consort of Osiris, who with him presided at the judgment of the dead, was scarcely less venerated.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord
Passing on we find a small temple to the Egyptian god Isis, and this was the very first object to be discovered.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
The green island of Philæ also is engulfed, and of the beautiful temple of Isis built upon it only the upper portion is visible.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt|R. Talbot Kelly

British Dictionary definitions for Isis (1 of 2)

Isis¹

/ (ˈaɪsɪs) /

noun

the local name for the River Thames at Oxford

British Dictionary definitions for Isis (2 of 2)

Isis²

/ (ˈaɪsɪs) /

noun

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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