Odia

British  

/ əˈdiːə /

noun

1. a member of a people of India living chiefly in Odisha (formerly Orissa) and neighbouring states

2. the state language of Odisha, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

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Example Sentences

Growing up in Ann Arbor, there was an expectation that Odia Kaba would attend the University of Michigan.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2023

The shamans’ spirit husbands could speak Odia as they “wrote down” the names of the ancestors of the shamans’ clients.

From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023

In one of the first classes, he was stunned to see a 7-year-old had forgotten the letters of the local Odia language he was schooled in.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2021

In 1973, the celebrated Nigerian poet Odia Ofeimun contemplated the moon landing with a poem that said, “We are annexing the kingdom of the gods.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017

The army of Pegu at length besieged the city of Odia, in which the king of Siam resided.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert