Одесса
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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós) — the name of an ancient Greek colony which supposedly was located near the present location in Ukraine. 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, relational adjective оде́сский)
- Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)
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)
- одесси́тский (odessítskij, odɛssítskij)