Oshun

/ əʊˈʃʌn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Maridueña’s younger sister Oshún Ramirez was a voice actor on Disney’s “Future-Worm!,” his mother, Carmelita Ramirez-Sanchez, leads the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory, and his father, Omar G. Ramirez, is a Chicano artist.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Seattle Times

A perverted offering to the goddess Oshun - a deity typically associated with water and fertility.

From BBC

“You come here, you talk to the water, you connect with Oshun,” Ms. Pryor said, referring to a goddess that is associated with water in her religion.

From New York Times

At 17, she joined her first nonprofit board, the North Baton Rouge Blue Ribbon Commission, which works for improved health care and quality of life, and helped create the first African American Mardi Gras parade in north Baton Rouge, the Krewe of Oshun.

From Washington Times