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Oshun

British  
/ əʊˈʃʌn /

noun

  1. a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Oshogbo. Pop: 3 423 535 (2006). Area: 9251 sq km (3570 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cuba’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, for example, blended with the golden deity, Oshun.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2023

Her floor-length slip dress, by the Brooklyn-based designer Fe Noel and the Chicago painter Harmonia Rosales, incorporates the image of a Yoruba deity, Oshun.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2019

Try rock climbing or paddle around Jug Bay, and then listen to performances from indie rockers Best Coast, electro group Brazilian Girls, Richmond-based songwriter Lucy Dacus and D.C. soul duo Oshun.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018

Oshun tried to stop them, but as Legacy was not charging him to use the space, he had little power.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2017

Oshun say, “I marry some orisha god, then I never want nothing.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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