Some time in 1818 a Portuguese nobleman requested Rossini to write an opera for the San Carlo theatre of Lisbon, which was delivered and produced the same year under the title of "Adina Ossia il Califfo di Bagdad.
In the avvertimento al pubblico the title of the comedy is given in Italian "Il Barbiere di Siviglia Ossia l'inutile precauzione.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ossia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
