ISIS — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Isis name An ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, and fertility, worshipped as the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
Senses
ISIS is used for these senses in English:
- ISIS A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]
Isis — full definition
- name An ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, and fertility, worshipped as the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
- name A traditional name for the River Thames along the stretch above Oxford.