Odesa

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Odesa

1. Alternative spelling of Odessa:
   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.
   • 2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Odessa.

Derived terms

• Odesan
• Odesite

Translations

Odessa — see Odessa

Anagrams

• O'Deas

Dutch

Etymology

From Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). This form has been gaining currency particularly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Proper noun

Odesa n

1. alternative spelling of Odessa

Latvian

Proper noun

Odesa

1. Odessa (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Odesa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	Odesa	—
genitive	Odesas	—
dative	Odesai	—
accusative	Odesu	—
instrumental	Odesu	—
locative	Odesā	—
vocative	Odesa	—

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Odesa f

1. Odessa (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Odesa

nominative	Odesa
genitive	Odesos
dative	Odesai
accusative	Odesą
instrumental	Odesa
locative	Odesoje
vocative	Odesa

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Odessa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈdesa/ [oˈð̞e.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: O‧de‧sa

Proper noun

Odesa f

1. Odessa (a city in Ukraine)