oslo
/ˈɑzloʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
name
The Norwegian government.
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A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States.
name
An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States.
Example Sentences
- "He was drawn to the three-dimensionality of the place: a town of 3,000, in the cleft between two towering mountains – the first seriously high ground you reach as you travel west of Oslo. […] Together with Vitterso, she devised a ‘winter mindset questionnaire’ to assess people’s attitudes to winter in Tromso, the Svalbard archipelago and the Oslo area."
Etymology
From Norwegian Oslo, from Old Norse Ósló, Ásló f or n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is ló f or n (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (compare the suffix -ley in English place-names).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑzloʊ/
- British English: /ˈɒzləʊ/