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oshana

oshana noun: a kind of seasonally inundated depression, particularly in Namibia's Oshana Region.

Noun

oshana (plural oshanas)

  1. (Namibia) A kind of seasonally inundated depression, particularly in Namibia's Oshana Region.

Proper noun capitalized: Oshana

Oshana (plural Oshanas)

  1. A surname from Aramaic.

Forms of oshana

Noun
pluraloshanas
Proper noun
pluralOshanas

Origin of oshana

From Kwanyama oshana.

Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܫܥܢܐ (ʾōšaʿnā, “Hosanna”); this surname is predominantly found among the Assyrian community of Iraq.

Questions about oshana

What does oshana mean?
Oshana means a kind of seasonally inundated depression, particularly in Namibia's Oshana Region.
What part of speech is oshana?
Oshana can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of oshana?
The plural of oshana is oshanas.

Words near oshana in the dictionary

  1. osh
  2. osha
  3. oshac
  4. oshaku
  5. oshamnu
  6. oshana
  7. oshanas
  8. Oshawa
  9. Oshawan
  10. Oshawans
  11. Osheen

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