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Meaning of osun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ō.sũ̄

Definitions

  1. Osun (a river in Nigeria)
  2. mushroom, fungi
    Ekiti
  3. camwood Baphia nitida
  4. Oshun, an orisha in Yoruba religion, she is regarded as the Yoruba deity of fertility, freshwater, love, beauty, motherhood, healing, and jewelry, and is the spirit of the Osun river.
  5. Osun (a state of Nigeria)
  6. camwood powder
  7. dark red (color/colour), derived from the color of the camwood powder

Equivalents

English Mushroom Osun
Português Oxum

Examples

“(Oǹdó)”
“Ìṣẹ́lẹ̀rú àgbo, àgbàrá àgbo, l'Ọ̀ṣún fi ń womọ ọ rẹ̀ kí dókítà ó tóó dé”

The freshwater turned into a potion, the drainage water turned into a potion, this is was what Ọ̀ṣun used to cure her children before western doctors arrived

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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