Etymology

Odesa

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Today it means: A port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. Full definition →

Ukrainian Оде́са
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromОде́са
  2. English todayOdesa

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

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