Osias

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Osias (plural Osiases)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Osias is the 35671^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 630 individuals. Osias is most common among Black/African American (57.3%), White (19.68%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.35%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Osias”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• OASIS, Oasis, oasis, ossia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀζίας (Ozías), derived from Biblical Hebrew עֻזִּיָּהוּ (‘Uzzīyyāhū).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔˈsiː.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈs̬iː.as]

Osīās m sg (genitive Osīae); first declension

1. (biblical) Uzziah

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• “Osias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Osias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Spanish Osías.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈsias/ [ʔoˈsiː.ɐs]
• Rhymes: -ias
• Syllabification: O‧si‧as

Osias (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜒᜌᜐ᜔)

1. a surname, notably borne by:
   1. Camilo Osias, Filipino politician

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Osias is the 2,738^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,511 individuals.

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