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Odesa

Odesa proper noun: a port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. Also the alternative spelling of Odessa.

Proper noun

Odesa

  1. A port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.
  2. A raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
  3. An oblast of Ukraine.

Also used as

Odesa is also the alternative spelling of Odessa.

Origin of Odesa

Borrowed from Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa) (cognate with Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa)).

Words formed from Odesa

Phrases with Odesa

Questions about Odesa

What does Odesa mean?
Odesa means a port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.
What part of speech is Odesa?
Odesa is a proper noun.

Words near Odesa in the dictionary

  1. odeon
  2. odeons
  3. Oder
  4. Oder-Neisse Line
  5. odes
  6. Odesa
  7. Odesan
  8. Odesans
  9. Odesite
  10. Odesites
  11. odesivimab

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