Odetta
[ oh-det-uh ]
/ oʊˈdɛt ə /
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noun
Odetta Holmes, 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
a female given name.
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How to use Odetta in a sentence
He played a few songs to warm up the crowd for the headliner, Odetta, the queen of American folk music.