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Isis
1[ ahy-sis ]
noun
- 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
- 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/ 藞补瑟蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- the local name for the River Thames at Oxford
Isis
2/ 藞补瑟蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- 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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Isis1
Origin of Isis2
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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.
鈥淕ang rivalries are bitter,鈥 a prison officer at HMP Isis tells us, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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.
鈥淩ight now, women鈥檚 basketball is a movement,鈥 broadcaster and analyst Isis Young told ESPN.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a perfect opportunity to make the moment a movement,鈥 said former Division I guard Isis Young, now a broadcaster and analyst.
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