Одесса
Russian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós) — the name of the ancient Greek colony, which, as was mistakenly thought, was located on the territory of Odessa (actually in Asia Minor). The name was given to the city in 1795 at the suggestion of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Оде́сса • (Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa) f inan (genitive Оде́ссы)
- Odessa (Ukrainian city)
Declension
Declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- го́род-ма́ма (górod-máma)
Related terms
- одесси́т (odessít, odɛssít), одесси́тка (odessítka, odɛssítka)
- оде́сский (odésskij, odɛ́sskij), одесси́тский (odessítskij, odɛssítskij)
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Russian 3-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian proper nouns
- Russian terms with irregular pronunciations
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian nouns with multiple argument sets
- Russian nouns with multiple declensions
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
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