Oslo
/ˈɒzləʊ/
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British/ˈɔzləw/
Oslo proper noun: a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
Proper noun
Oslo
- A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
- He was drawn to the three-dimensionality of the place: a town of 3,000, in the cleft between two towering mountains – the first seriously high ground you reach as you travel west of Oslo. […] Together with Vitterso, she devised a ‘winter mindset questionnaire’ to assess people’s attitudes to winter...2017 March 13, Linda Geddes, “The dark town that built a giant mirror to deflect the Sun”, in BBC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2021
- The Norwegian government.
- A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States.
Oslo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Oslo in Hindi
- Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- ओस्लो oslo
Oslo in Tamil
- Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- ஒசுலோ oculō
Oslo in Marathi
- Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- ऑस्लो ŏslo
Oslo in Urdu
- Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- اوسلو oslo
More languagesFewer languages
- Oslo in Bengali
- অসলো oslō
- Oslo in Pashto
- اوسلو oslo
- Oslo in Tagalog
- Oslo
- Oslo in Arabic
- أُوسْلُو ʔūslū
- Oslo in Malay
- Oslo
- Oslo in Indonesian
- Oslo
- Oslo in Persian
- اسلو oslo
- Oslo in Thai
- ออสโล ɔ́ɔs-loo
- Oslo in Vietnamese
- Ốt-xlô
- Oslo in Myanmar
- အော့စလိုမြို့ au.ca.luimrui.
Origin of Oslo
From Norwegian Oslo, from Old Norse Ósló, Ásló f or n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is ló f or n (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (compare the suffix -ley in English place-names).
Words formed from Oslo
Phrases with Oslo
Questions about Oslo
- What does Oslo mean?
- Oslo means a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
- What is Oslo in Hindi?
- Oslo in Hindi is ओस्लो (oslo). See Oslo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Oslo?
- Oslo is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Oslo?
- Oslo is pronounced /ˈɒzləʊ/ (UK).
Words near Oslo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Oslo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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