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Osage

Pronunciation: /əʊˈseɪdʒ, ˈəʊseɪdʒ/
Definition of Osage

noun (plural same or Osages)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Osage River valley in Missouri.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Siouan language of the Osage, now virtually extinct.

adjective

  • relating to the Osage or their language.

Origin:

alteration of Osage Wazhazhe, the name of one of the three groups that compose this people

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