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Oise

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Oise  (wäz)
A river rising in the Ardennes Mountains of southern Belgium and flowing about 299 km (186 mi) generally southwest to the Seine River in northern France. It is an important commercial waterway.

Oise (French) [waz]
n
1. (Placename) a department of N France, in Picardy region. Capital: Beauvais. Pop.: 766 441 (1999). Area: 5887 sq. km (2296 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a river in N France, rising in Belgium, in the Ardennes, and flowing southwest to join the Seine at Conflans. Length: 302 km (188 miles)


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It was still more impossible to remain in the department of the Oise, one of the most open and strictly guarded in France; this was quite out of the question, especially to a man like Andrea, perfectly conversant with criminal matters.
 
 
 
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