Odessa

n. seaport on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine; city in western Texas (USA)

See Odessa (disambiguation) for other uses of the word “Odessa.” The ODESSA, which stands for the German phrase Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, which phrase in turn translates as “Organization of Former Members of the SS,” is the name commonly given to an international Nazi network alleged to have been set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers in order to prevent their prosecutions for war crimes.
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Odessa (; ; also known as Odesa) is the fourth largest city in Ukraine. Population: 1,029,000 (2001 Ukrainian Census), 1,012,500 (est. 2004).The city is a major seaport on the Black Sea, the largest port in Ukraine.An ancient Greek colony had once occupied the site of the city. Numerous monuments of antiquity confirm links between this territory and the Eastern Mediterranean. In the Middle Ages these lands were a part of the Kievan Rus, the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire. Yedisan Tatars traded there in the 14th century. In the course of Russian–Turkish wars these lands were captured by Russia at the end of the 18th century.
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Noun
1. a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
(synonym) Odesa
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Ukraine, Ukrayina
2. a city in western Texas
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Texas, Lone-Star State, TX

n. Odessa, seaport in S Ukrainian Former Soviet Union

n. Odessa, seaport on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine; city in western Texas (USA)