Synonyms for oasis
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : oh-ey-sis |
| Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈeɪ sɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for oasis Other synonyms for the word oasis
Définition of oasis
Origin :- 1610s, from French oasis (18c.) and directly from Late Latin oasis, from Greek oasis, probably from Hamitic (cf. Coptic wahe, ouahe "oasis," properly "dwelling place," from ouih "dwell"). The same Egyptian source produced Arabic wahah.
- noun spring
- noun refuge
- It was an oasis of natural splendor in the heart of a calm sea of green grass.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It fell like an oasis over the solemn company walking there.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- The thirsty traveler in the desert places had come to the oasis of her dreams.
- Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
- The oasis was of small extent, extending but two hundred yards across.
- Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
- My father's tribe live in the oasis ten miles east of the old lake.
- Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
- They will assuredly camp at the wells of Orab if they are making for the oasis.
- Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
- But at his pleased exclamation Carmena told him that he was looking at no oasis.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- This oasis is all the more charming to the sight because it is only an oasis.
- Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
- It would be an oasis in this desert—that Express car; but lo!
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
- It is not for a moment to be tolerated that an oasis should be met with anywhere except in the desert.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
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