Oise

[ waz ]

noun

1. a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
2. a department in N France. 2,273 sq. mi. (5,885 sq. km). : Beauvais.

Oise

/ waz /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Picardy region. Capital: Beauvais. Pop: 776 999 (2003 est). Area: 5887 sq km (2296 sq miles)
2. a river in N France, rising in Belgium, in the Ardennes, and flowing southwest to join the Seine at Conflans. Length: 302 km (188 miles)

Example Sentences

Sebastien Bassong, the former Tottenham, Newcastle and Cameroon defender, began his passage to football stardom at Deuil Enghein, a club located in Val d'Oise, directly to the north of Paris.

From BBC

Among the protesters was Christophe Beeuwsaert, a cereal and milk farmer in the Oise region north of Paris.

From BBC

“I was born in France, I am a French lawmaker, and I didn’t think that today I was going to be insulted in the National Assembly,” said Mr. Martens Bilongo, who represents a district in the Val d’Oise, north of Paris.

From New York Times

This red clay that comes from a small brick factory in Oise, north of Paris, elicits so much love.

From New York Times

A mosque in the northern French region of Oise has been closed because of an imam's radical sermons, said to have "defended jihad".

From BBC