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O
ouuu.
interj.  a grunt of physical exertion, as when kicking someone in Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.


interj.  an expression of disgust or revulsion, as at a snakeskin jacket in Battle of Angels by Tennessee Williams.


n.  a cry of pain upon stepping on hot coals, as in The Great Tejon Club Jubilee: Stories by Gerald W. Haslam.


ouuu-ee.
(also ouuuee.)  interj.  an expression of strong emotion; indeed.

<Fats [Domino] incanted: “Ouuu-ee baby, ouuuee!  Baby don’t you let your dog bite me!”  —Gerald W. Haslam, Coming of Age in California: Personal Essays.>

Ouya.
n.  a populated place in Central African Republic.


n.  a populated place in Mali.


Ouya Ouya.
n.  a distributary in the Forecariah region of Guinea.


Ouyaoua.
n.  a ridge in New Caledonia.


Ouyaye.
n.  a populated place in Burkina Faso.



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