Oas

name, noun

name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of oral allergy syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of original antigenic sin. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Organization of American States. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A municipality of Albay, Philippines.
  3. 3
    A surname from Norwegian.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Old Age Security. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of OpenAPI Specification, a specification for machine-readable interface files for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful Web services. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète, a French organization. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The first real meeting of the OAS was held in mid-May 1961. Its purpose was to sabotage de Gaulle’s efforts to remove French rule from Algeria."

Synonyms

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cppinterpolnatooral allergy syndromeorganization of american statesorganization of american states

Example

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"The famous Kabyle writer Mouloud Feraoun, cowardly assassinated by the OAS in 1962, would have said: "It is only when we become another that we can know who we are.""

Etymology

Altered spelling of Aas.

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