Odessa

[ oh-des-uh; for 1 also Russian uh-dye-suh ]

/ oʊˈdɛs ə; for 1 also Russian ʌˈdyɛ sə /

noun

a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.

a city in W Texas.

Example sentences from the Web for odessa

Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”

Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine? |Anna Nemtsova |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
In Odessa, in the West, the conflict is only slightly more subtle.

Ukraine’s Wild and Wooly Elections |Anna Nemtsova |October 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A century ago Odessa was a glorious city of the Belle Epoque.

In War-Torn Ukraine, Savva Libkin's Delicious Recipes for Survival |Anna Nemtsova |August 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For the first time in decades, foreigners arriving in Odessa are regarded with suspicion, even anger.

Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns |Will Cathcart |May 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide.

Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns |Will Cathcart |May 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Oct. 29—Turkey begins war with Russia by bombarding Odessa from the sea.

The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 |Various
Breathless, but still obedient, I came up with him at Odessa.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady |Lucas Malet
In Odessa he found occupation in the harbour and the salt-works.

Maxim Gorki |Hans Ostwald
Odessa looks to great advantage from the quarantine harbour, where the steamer moored.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. |Xavier Hommaire de Hell
They spent a week with their friends at Taganrog, and thence proceeded to Odessa, the great commercial entrepôt of the Euxine.

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century |W. H. Davenport Adams

British Dictionary definitions for odessa

Odessa

/ (əʊˈdɛsə, Russian aˈdjɛsə) /

noun

a port in S Ukraine on the Black Sea: the chief Russian grain port in the 19th century; university (1865); industrial centre and important naval base. Pop: 1 010 000 (2005 est)

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