Odessa

See also: ODESSA

English

Odessa Oblast (sense 1.3)

Odessa Raion (sense 1.2)

Etymology

Borrowed 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.
   2. A port city and administrative center of Odessa Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

      Alternative form: Odesa

   4. A raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Odessa.

      Alternative form: Odesa

   6. An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Odessa.

      Alternative form: Odesa

2. A locale in Canada.
   1. A community of the township municipality of 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 Buffalo 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.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

city in Ukraine

• 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)

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)

American city

• Marathi: ओडेसा (oḍesā)

See also

• Hacibey
• Khadjibey

 

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): /ɔˈdɛssa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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