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OAS¹

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of oral allergy syndrome
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of original antigenic sin

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Organization of American States
  2. Canada, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Old Age Security
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of OpenAPI Specification, a specification for machine-readable interface files for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful Web services.
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète, a French organization. The first real meeting of the OAS was held in mid-May 1961. Its purpose was to sabotage de Gaulle’s efforts to remove French rule from Algeria.

Oas²

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Albay, Philippines.

Oas³

Where it comes from

Altered spelling of Aas.

proper noun Oases

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

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name Organization of American States

EspañolOEA (Organización de los Estados Americanos)
PortuguêsOEA (Organização dos Estados Americanos)
FrançaisOEA (Organisation des États américains)
DeutschOAS

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MLA

"OAS." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oas. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

OAS. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oas

Chicago

"OAS." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oas.

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@misc{oas_2026,
  title = {OAS},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}