Odessa

O·des·sa  (-ds)

1. or O·de·sa (-ds) 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 a.d., Odessa was established as a Tartar 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. Population: 1,010,000.

2. A city of western Texas south-southwest of Lubbock. It was a small ranching town until the discovery of oil in the area. Population: 95,200.

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Odessa [əʊˈdɛsə (Russian) aˈdjɛsə]

n

(Placename) a port in the S Ukraine on the Black Sea: the chief Russian grain port in the 19th century; university (1865); industrial centre and important naval base. Pop.: 1 027 400 (1998 est.)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Odessa - a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea Odesa Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
	2.	Odessa - a city in western Texas Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico