Odessa

Odessa

See also: ODESSA

English

Odessa Oblast

Odessa Raion

Alternative forms

• Odesa

Etymology

From Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" ie tribes, from yedi + san.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈdɛsə/
• Hyphenation: Odes‧sa
• Rhymes: -ɛsə

Proper noun

Odessa

1. A locale in Ukraine
   1. The city of Odessa; A port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, on the Black Sea
   2. The Odessa Raion; A raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Odessa
   3. The Odessa Oblast; An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Odessa
2. A locale in Canada
   1. A community in Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. A village in the Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A locale in the United States
   1. A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
   2. A small town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
   3. A census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States.
   4. A tiny city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States.
   5. A city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States.
   6. A census-designated place in Buffal County, Nebraska, United States.
   7. A village in Schuyler County, New York, United States.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
   9. A city, the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States.
   10. A small town in Lincoln County, Washington, United States.
   11. An unincorporatedcommunity in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.

Synonyms

(Ukrainian city): (historical)

• Hacibey
• Khadjibey

 

raion

• Odesa Raion
• Odessa Raion

 

oblast

• Odesa Oblast
• Odessa Oblast

 

Derived terms

• Little Odessa
• Odessan
• Odessa Oblast
• Odessa Raion
• Odessite

 

Translations

Ukrainian city

Albanian: Odesa f (definite) Arabic: أُودِيسَا‎ f (ʾudīsā) Armenian: Օդեսա (Ōdesa) Azerbaijani: Odessa Belarusian: Адэ́са f (Adésa) Bengali: ওডেসা (oḍesa) Bulgarian: Оде́са f (Odésa) Burmese: အိုဒက်ဆာ (uidakhca) Catalan: Odessa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 敖德薩／敖德萨 (zh) (Áodésà) Crimean Tatar: Ades Czech: Oděsa (cs) f Danish: Odessa n Dutch: Odessa (nl) n Estonian: Odessa Finnish: Odessa (fi) French: Odessa (fr) f Georgian: ოდესა (odesa) German: Odessa (de) n Greek: Οδησσός (el) (Odissós) Hebrew: אוֹדֶסָה‎ f (odésa) Hindi: ओडेसा m (oḍesā) Hungarian: Odessza Japanese: オデッサ (Odessa) Kazakh: Одесса (Odessa) Korean: 오데사 (ko) (Odesa) Kyrgyz: Одесса (Odessa) Latvian: Odesa f Lithuanian: Odesa f Macedonian: Оде́са f (Odésa) Norwegian: Bokmål: Odessa Ossetian: Одессӕ (Odessæ) Persian: اودسا‎ (odesâ) Polish: Odessa (pl) f Portuguese: Odessa f Romanian: Odesa, Odessa Russian: Оде́сса (ru) f (Odéssa) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Одеса f Roman: Odesa (sh) f Slovak: Odesa f Slovene: Odesa f Spanish: Odesa (es) f, Odessa f Swedish: Odessa n Tajik: Одесса (Odessa) Thai: โอเดสซา (oo-dèet-saa) Turkish: Hacıbey (tr), Odessa Ukrainian: Оде́са (uk) f (Odésa) Yiddish: אָדעס‎ n (odes)

a city in United States state of Texas

Odessa oblast of Ukraine

Belarusian: Адэ́ская во́бласць f (Adéskaja vóblascʹ) Polish: Obwód odeski m Russian: Оде́сская о́бласть (ru) f (Odésskaja óblastʹ) Ukrainian: Оде́ська о́бласть (uk) f (Odésʹka óblastʹ)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /oˈdɛ.sə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈdɛ.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈdɛ.sa/

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Odessa (an oblast of Ukraine)
2. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

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Italian

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Odessa (an oblast of Ukraine)
2. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

Anagrams

• adesso

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈdɛs.sa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛssa
• Syllabification: O‧des‧sa

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Odessa (an oblast of Ukraine)
2. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Odessa

	singular
nominative	Odessa
genitive	Odessy
dative	Odessie
accusative	Odessę
instrumental	Odessą
locative	Odessie
vocative	Odesso

Derived terms

adjective

• odeski

 

Further reading

• Odessa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Odessa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Одеса (Odesa).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈdɛ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈdɛ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈdɛ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈdɛ.sɐ/ [ɔˈðɛ.sɐ]

• Hyphenation: O‧des‧sa

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Odessa (an oblast of Ukraine)
2. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Alternative form of Odesa