Isis

¹

[ahy-sis]

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.

ISIS

²

[ahy-sis]

noun

1. Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (or Islamic State in Iraq and Syria): a radical Sunni Muslim organization whose aim is to restore an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the region encompassing Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and southeastern Turkey.

Isis

¹

/ ˈaɪsɪs /

noun

1. the local name for the River Thames at Oxford

Isis

²

/ ˈaɪsɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian fertility goddess, depicted as a woman with a cow's horns, between which was the disc of the sun; wife and sister of Osiris

Word History and Origins

Origin of Isis¹

< Latin < Greek Îsis < Egyptian 'st

Origin of Isis²

First recorded in 2010–15; from Arabic al-Sham, an ancient territory known in English as the Levant, an area on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean

Example Sentences

All the fixtures and artwork are donated, including bookshelves, massive mirrors and a bust of the Egyptian goddess Isis as well as a replica of the Titanic above the used fiction section.

From Los Angeles Times

Since breaking with Al Qaeda, its goal has been limited to trying to establish fundamentalist Islamic rule in Syria rather than a wider caliphate, as Isis tried and failed to do.

From BBC

“Gang rivalries are bitter,” a prison officer at HMP Isis tells us, speaking on condition of anonymity.

From BBC

But the singer has just led a music workshop behind bars, at HMP Isis, a Category C men's prison and young offender institution in south-east London.

From BBC

“Right now, women’s basketball is a movement,” broadcaster and analyst Isis Young told ESPN.

From Los Angeles Times