Одесса
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós) — the name of an ancient Greek colony which supposedly was located near the present location in Ukraine. The name was given to the city in 1795 at the suggestion of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Оде́сса • (Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa) f inan (genitive Оде́ссы, relational adjective оде́сский)
- Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)
Declension edit
Declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms edit
- го́род-ма́ма (górod-máma)
Related terms edit
- одесси́т (odessít, odɛssít), одесси́тка (odessítka, odɛssítka)
- одесси́тский (odessítskij, odɛssítskij)