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Isis.

An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.

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name/ˈaɪ.sɪs//ˈaɪ.səs/
  1. An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.

    Egyptian
  2. 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.

  3. A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).

name/ˈaɪ.sɪs//ˈaɪ.səs/
  1. The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.

    UK
Where this word comes from

Back-formation of the Latin Tamesis (“Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis. The prison was named after the river.

name/ˈaɪ.sɪs//ˈaɪ.səs/
  1. Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

Back-formation of the Latin Tamesis (“Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis. The prison was named after the river.

name/ˈaɪ.sɪs//ˈaɪ.səs/
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ISIS.

    alt-of
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