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ISIS

/ˈaɪsəs/

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What does ISIS mean?

noun

  1. Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.

proper noun

  1. An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.
  2. 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
More meanings (7)

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.
  2. The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.
  3. Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of ISIS.
  5. A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
  6. (humorous) Initialism of Israeli Secret Intelligence Services (“a pun on the Salafist group”)
  7. Initialism of Institute for Science and International Security.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈaɪsəs/

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Both in the BELLONA and the ISIS many men were lost by the bursting of their guns.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
Among the ancient Egyptians the "earth-mother," the "parent of all things born," was Isis, the wife of the great Osiris.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
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Isis, the consort of Osiris, learns of his death, slain by the great serpent, and ransacks the world in search of his body.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
The Ibis, which is represented with human hands and feet, bears the staff of Isis in one hand and the cross in the other.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
We have now arrived at our final study, which we have approached step by step amid the labyrinth of the mysteries concealed beneath the Veil of Isis.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650