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How to pronounce odessa

IPA transcription: [oʊ'dɛsə]

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Noun

  • a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea

  • a city in western Texas

Usage examples

  • Sherman, Ollie, Nancy, Willia and Odessa.
  • Boatloads of settlers departed from the Ukrainian port of Odessa.
  • Before World War One he took part in Jewish self-defense against pogromists in Odessa.
  • Members of the Odessa Symphony also participated in the recording.
  • The Odeske Highway crosses the bridge and then continues south-west to Odessa.
  • He was educated at Odessa and the military school at Munich.
  • It is part of the Odessa, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  • She attended Odessa College.
  • This declaration seems to have surprised Constantine, who was absent at Odessa.
  • He then travelled on his own to Odessa, Ukraine.