Odessa

[ oh-des-uh ]

noun

1. the Russian name of Odesa.
2. a city in western Texas.

Odessa

/ aˈdjɛsə; əʊˈdɛsə /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Konstantin Frank earned his PhD in viticulture in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1930, before immigrating to New York and setting up his own winery in the ’50s.

From Eater

Too many people bringing well-meaning but utterly uninteresting food and prayers, checking in on Odessa.

From Vox

A humble rancher with a humble day job, married to a humble bank teller named Odessa.

From Vox

He had been away from Hobbs at the time, working an oil-field job in Odessa, Texas, and a co-worker he had shared a truck with later tested positive.

From ProPublica

His other books include Midnight at the Pera Palace and Odessa, winner of a National Jewish Book Award.

From Nautilus

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

From The Daily Beast

In Odessa, in the West, the conflict is only slightly more subtle.

From The Daily Beast

A century ago Odessa was a glorious city of the Belle Epoque.

From The Daily Beast

For the first time in decades, foreigners arriving in Odessa are regarded with suspicion, even anger.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

In the same way at Odessa, as stated in the consul's returns, the price would be 26s.; adding to which 10s.

From Project Gutenberg

I have come direct from Odessa, where I have had a talk with the Russian wheat magnate.

From Project Gutenberg

The Turkish merchant who had chartered the Batoum was impatient to reach Odessa, and asked the captain for our position.

From Project Gutenberg

Like most people in Odessa, he showed us every kindness in his power, as did his Russian wife and her relations.

From Project Gutenberg

Odessa was in enemy occupation, and might be more inhospitable even than Constantinople.

From Project Gutenberg