Meanings
proper noun
- A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
1 more example
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 in Tromso, the Svalbard archipelago and the Oslo area.
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 - metonymicallyThe Norwegian government.
- A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*lauhō f
- Proto-Germanic*ansaz
- Proto-Germanic*ansuz
- Old NorseÓsló
- NorwegianOslo
- EnglishOslo
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).
More words from Norwegian, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
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Afrikaans Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Arabic أُوسْلُو
- أُوسْلُو (ʔūslū)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Basque Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Bengali অসলো
- অসলো (oslō)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Bulgarian О́сло
- О́сло (Óslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Catalan Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Chinese Cantonese 奧斯陸 /奥斯陆
- 奧斯陸 /奥斯陆 (ou³ si¹ luk⁶)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Chinese Mandarin 奧斯陸 /奥斯陆
- 奧斯陸 /奥斯陆 (Àosīlù)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Czech Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Danish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Dutch Oslo, Ansloo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- AnslooOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- AnsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Esperanto Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Finnish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
French Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
German Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Greek Όσλο
- Όσλο (Óslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Hebrew אוֹסְלוֹ
- אוֹסְלוֹ (oslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Hindi ओस्लो
- ओस्लो (oslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Hungarian Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Icelandic Ósló, Osló
- ÓslóOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- OslóOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Indonesian Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Irish Osló
- OslóOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Italian Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Japanese オスロ
- オスロ (Osuro)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Korean 오슬로
- 오슬로 (Oseullo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Latin Ansloa, Asloa
- AnsloaOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
- AsloaOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Latvian Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Lithuanian Oslas
- OslasOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Malay Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Māori Ōhoro
- ŌhoroOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Norwegian Bokmål Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Persian اسلو
- اسلو (oslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Polish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Portuguese Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Romanian Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Russian О́сло
- О́сло (Óslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Slovak Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Spanish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Swedish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Tagalog Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Tamil ஒசுலோ
- ஒசுலோ (oculō)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Thai ออสโล
- ออสโล (ɔ́ɔs-loo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Turkish Oslo
- OsloOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Ukrainian О́сло
- О́сло (Óslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Urdu اوسلو
- اوسلو (oslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Vietnamese Ốt-xlô
- Ốt-xlôOslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
Yiddish אָסלאָ
- אָסלאָ (oslo)Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
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Cite this entry
APA
Oslo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo
MLA
“Oslo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oslo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo.
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