Osage

Osage

The Osage Nation, a Native American tribe in the United States, is the source of most other terms containing the word "osage".

Osage can also refer to:

  • The Osage language, a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage Nation
  • Osage-orange, Maclura pomifera, a tree of the mulberry family
  • Osage Indian murders (1921–1923), a group of murders investigated and solved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that took place on the Osage Indian Reservation
  • The Osage River, a tributary of the Missouri River, entirely contained in Missouri, United States
  • The Hughes TH-55 Osage U.S. Army helicopter
  • USS Osage (1863)
  • USS Osage (LSV-3)

Osage is a part of many placenames in the United States, including:


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  • Osage — [[Archivo: |250px]] Guerrero osage (Pintura de George Catlin) Población total …   Wikipedia Español

  • OSAGE — Tribu indienne d’Amérique du Nord qui appartient à la branche dhegiha de la famille linguistique sioux. Comme tous les autres membres de cette sous famille (les Omaha, les Ponca, les Kansa et les Quapaw), les Osage se sont éloignés de la côte… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Osage — Osage, WY U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 215 Housing Units (2000): 124 Land area (2000): 1.936867 sq. miles (5.016463 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.936867 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Osage — prop. n. A tributary of the Missouri River. Syn: Osage River. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Osage, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 3451 Housing Units (2000): 1624 Land area (2000): 2.090442 sq. miles (5.414220 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.090442 sq. miles (5.414220 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Osage, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 188 Housing Units (2000): 108 Land area (2000): 0.321115 sq. miles (0.831684 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.321115 sq. miles (0.831684 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Osage, WY — U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 215 Housing Units (2000): 124 Land area (2000): 1.936867 sq. miles (5.016463 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.936867 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Osage — Osage1 [ō sāj′, ō′sāj΄] n. [< Osage Wazhazhe ] 1. pl. Osages or Osage a member of a North American Indian people that migrated, over time, from the east coast of the U.S. to the Piedmont, then to Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma 2. the Siouan… …   English World dictionary

  • Osage — prop. n. 1. A member of the Osages, a tribe of North American Indians formerly living in western Missouri. [PJC] 2. The language of the Osages, a siouxan language. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Osage — Osage, 1) (O. River), Fluß in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, entspringt im Indian Territory, fließt nach dem Staate Missouri u. fällt dort nach einer Stromlänge von 110 Meilen unterhalb Jefferson City in den Missouri River; bei… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Osage —   [ əuseɪdʒ], nordamerikanischer Indianerstamm mit Siouxsprache in Nordostoklahoma, USA. Den 10 400 Osage gehört die einzige im früheren Indianerterritorium noch existierende Reservation (Erdöl und Erdgasförderung, Viehzucht) …   Universal-Lexikon

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