Odessa
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- proper noun
- /əˈdɛsə/
- One day, Pavel had disappeared from the nightclub scene in Odessa.
- Kiev and Odessa
- Odessa and Donetsk
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Watch on YouTubeWhen the Russians attacked Odessa, no flashing lights.
- When the Russians attacked Odessa, no flashing lights.
- There were also hundreds of Czech and Slovak volunteers in the Serb Volunteer Corps in Odessa.
- So starting from Mariupol, the Hersan region, all the way to Odessa, all the way to Odessa and into into Moldova.
- So you have these and Odessa, which is again, that's, that's Catherine's, you know, delight for these Greek sounding things.
Examples
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Kiev, L'viv, Odessa, and a couple of other places have interesting sites, of course.
Academic text (2008) -
Many tourists visit Odessa each year to enjoy its beautiful beaches along the Black Sea.
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We have been unable to contact Odessa since yesterday.
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When he was four years old, his family moved to Odessa.
Fiction book (1999) -
You can go as far as Ukraine, around Odessa.
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There is talk of a rain storm over near Odessa.
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I said I would like to go to Odessa to enter the university for navigational studies.
Fiction book (1996) -
They put her on a ship to Odessa.
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It is bad enough that I am from Odessa.
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Similarly, Odessa, the chief city of Ukraine apart from Kiev, was a Greek city.
Synonyms
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A port city in southern Ukraine on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Odessa comes from the ancient Greek town Odessos, a name chosen when the port was founded to give it a Greek feel. So the name Odessa points to its old Black Sea roots and helps you remember it as a historic port.