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Odessan

Odessan adjective: of or relating to the city of Odessa, Ukraine.

Adjective

Odessan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the city of Odessa, Ukraine.
    • His written responses (which have been slightly edited and condensed) are evidence that, even with the backdrop of such military horrors, if you ask an Odessan poet about Odessa and poetry, you will receive riches.2022 March 15, Talia Lavin, “‘The War Never Left’: A conversation with Ilya Kaminsky about memory, viral poetry, and the tragedy of Ukraine.”, in New York—Intelligencer
    Synonyms:
    Odesan
  2. Of or relating to Odessa, Texas.

Noun

Odessan (plural Odessans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Odessa, Ukraine.
    • Kaminsky himself is not living happily during this war: He is in contact with the Odessans he loves, trying to get them out, to get them money, and, frenetically and constantly, sharing poetry by Ukrainians in translation.2022 March 15, Talia Lavin, “‘The War Never Left’: A conversation with Ilya Kaminsky about memory, viral poetry, and the tragedy of Ukraine.”, in New York—Intelligencer
    Synonyms:
    Odesan, Odesite, Odessite
  2. A native or inhabitant of Odessa, Texas.

Synonyms of Odessan

Forms of Odessan

pluralOdessans

Origin of Odessan

From Odessa + -an.

Questions about Odessan

What does Odessan mean?
Odessan means of or relating to the city of Odessa, Ukraine.
What part of speech is Odessan?
Odessan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Odessan in the dictionary

  1. Odesans
  2. Odesite
  3. Odesites
  4. odesivimab
  5. Odessa
  6. Odessan
  7. Odessans
  8. Odessite
  9. Odessites
  10. Odetta
  11. Odette

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