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 unincorporated community 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 unincorporated community 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 (ʔudīsā)
• Armenian: Օդեսա (Ōdesa)
• Azerbaijani: Odessa
• Belarusian: Адэ́са f (Adésa)
• Bengali: ওডেসা (ōḍeśa)
• 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 (hu)
• 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)
• Marathi: ओडेसा n (oḍesā), ओडेस्सा (oḍessā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Odessa

• Ossetian: Одессӕ (Odessæ)
• Ottoman Turkish: اودسه (Odessa)
• 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)

American city

• Marathi: ओडेसा (oḍesā)

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)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈðɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) unknown

Proper noun

Odessa f

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Odesa

Etymology

From Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Odessa n

1. Odessa, a city and oblast in Ukraine.

Further reading

• Odessa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Italian

Proper noun

Odessa f

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

Anagrams

• adesso

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈdɛs.sa/

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Odessa f (related adjective odeski)

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

Further reading

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

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)

Spanish

Proper noun

Odessa f

1. Alternative form of Odesa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa).

Proper noun

Odessa

1. Odessa (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

    declension of Odessa

	singular	plural
nominative	Odessa	Odessalar / Odessa'lar
accusative	Odessa'yı	Odessaları / Odessa'ları
dative	Odessa'ya	Odessalara / Odessa'lara
locative	Odessa'da	Odessalarda / Odessa'larda
ablative	Odessa'dan	Odessalardan / Odessa'lardan
genitive	Odessa'nın	Odessaların / Odessa'ların

    possessive of Odessa

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Odessa'm	Odessalarım / Odessa'larım
senin (your)	Odessa'n	Odessaların / Odessa'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Odessa'sı	Odessaları / Odessa'ları
bizim (our)	Odessa'mız	Odessalarımız / Odessa'larımız
sizin (your)	Odessa'nız	Odessalarınız / Odessa'larınız
onların (their)	Odessa'sı / Odessaları / Odessa'ları	Odessaları / Odessa'ları