OAS

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proper noun

A municipality of Albay, Philippines.

Similar
Organization of American States
Less commonScrabble 3

Meanings

OAS1

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of oral allergy syndrome.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of original antigenic sin.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Organization of American States.
  2. CanadaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Old Age Security.
  3. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of OpenAPI Specification, a specification for machine-readable interface files for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful Web services.
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism 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.

    2001, Ben Abro et al., Assassination! July 14, University of Nebraska, page 193

Oas2

proper noun

Oas3

proper nounOas (plural Oases)

plural Oases

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

Similar
Organization of American States
Broader
world organizationworld organisationinternational organization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Dutch OAS (Organisatie van Amerikaanse Staten)
  • OAS (Organisatie van Amerikaanse Staten)Organization of American States
French OEA (Organisation des États américains)
  • OEA (Organisation des États américains)Organization of American States
German OAS
  • OASOrganization of American States
Portuguese OEA (Organização dos Estados Americanos)
  • OEA (Organização dos Estados Americanos)Organization of American States
Spanish OEA (Organización de los Estados Americanos)
  • OEA (Organización de los Estados Americanos)Organization of American States

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Cite this entry
APA

OAS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OAS

MLA

“OAS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OAS. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “OAS,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OAS.

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