What Does Odessa Mean In English?

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What Does Odessa Mean In English?

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The word Odessa is supposed to be a name of girls besides several other things. As a name it is derived from the Greek. It is believed to be a female variant of the Greek "Odysseus". Odysseus in Greek means "angry man". There are several places named Odessa as well. It was originally however, as a name for a place, given to the Russian port city of Odessa. Odessa is believed to have been named after "The Odyssey".

Other places called Odessa, besides the original Odessa now in Ukraine, include Odessa in Delaware, in Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, New York and Washington. There is even a Lake Odessa and an Odessa township in Michigan. In Canada there is an Odessa in Ontario and another in Saskatchewan. There is one Nova Odessa in Ukraine and another in Brazil.

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Anonymous answered

I don't know but it my aunt name and in naming my daughter Odessa

Answer 3

The word Odessa stands for a lot of things. As a word it is also used as a name and comes from the Greek. It's supposed to be a female name and means a journey, a voyage specifically a long voyage or an odyssey. The Greek literary masterpiece the Odyssey is also a book based on a hero's return journey home.

Odessa or ODESSA was also used as an acronym for "the organisations of former SS members" by Fredrick Forsyth in his book "The Odessa Files". The network allegedly did exist and spanned far and wide through the countries of Argentina, Germany, Italy, Egypt, the Vatican and Switzerland.

Odessa is the name of several places including Odessa a port city in Ukraine. Several places in the United States are named Odessa including Odessa in the states of Delaware, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota, Florida, Washington, Michigan etc.