Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Ukraine on Odessa Bay, an arm of the Black Sea. Said to occupy the site of an ancient Greek colony that disappeared between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, Odessa was established as a Tatar fortress in the 14th century, passed to Turkey in 1764, and was captured by Russia in the 1790s. It is a major port, naval base, and resort.
  • A city of western Texas south-southwest of Lubbock. It grew after the discovery of oil in the 1920s.

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  • proper noun A Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea.
  • proper noun A city in United States state of Texas.
  • proper noun Odesa province (oblast) of Ukraine.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
  • noun a city in western Texas

Etymologies

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Russian Одесса (Odéssa), supposedly originates from a name of an ancient Greek settlement Odessos. Compare Ukrainian Одеса (Odésa).

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Examples

  • ODESSA (August 7, 2009) -- Erin Knox was dominant in the circle, firing a two-hitter, as the Lakeview junior league softball all-stars picked up a 9-5 victory over New Mexico in the opening game of the Southwest Regional tournament in Odessa.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • ODESSA - Several years ago, Odessa truck driver Chris Andersen was somewhere in the Midwest, eastbound in a make-do truck when he looked in his rearview mirror and saw a familiar sight -

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

  • Jumburrito, like many places in Odessa, is closed on Sunday evenings.

    In search of West Texas asado | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

  • Being a Texan living in Odessa, I just absolutely loved seeing this entry of yours.

    Greetings from Texas! | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • Janet, I read and greatly enjoyed Moonlight in Odessa two or three months ago and recommended it to my book club.

    romancier - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Patricia Hayes Franklin, who died yesterday in Odessa, Texas, like so many of us first came to Mexico on a whim ... as a college girl in 1953, visiting her sister in Del Rio and crossing into Ciudad Acuña to watch a bull fight.

    Model expat, matadora Patricia Hayes, dies at 78 2010

  • To celebrate the launch of One Wild Life, Clare Mulvaney's book which tells the amazing stories of social entrepreneurs, a launch party is being held on Friday 17th April, 8pm in Odessa Club, Dublin 2.

    April 2009 2009

  • I have a friend in Odessa and I'm pretty sure he recommended it to me as a place to eat.

    Sour cream chicken enchiladas recipe | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • To celebrate the launch of One Wild Life, Clare Mulvaney's book which tells the amazing stories of social entrepreneurs, a launch party is being held on Friday 17th April, 8pm in Odessa Club, Dublin 2.

    One Wild Life - a new book about social entrepreneurs 2009

  • "I'm on a first-name basis with the postman," confesses Thompson, 27, a college student and mother of two boys in Odessa, Texas.

    Sign of the times: Going swapping, not shopping 2010

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