Oslo

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒzləʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑzloʊ/, /ˈɑsloʊ/ === Proper noun === Oslo A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania. A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States. An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. An unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Oslo paper === Anagrams === Loos, OOLs, loos, sloo, solo, sool == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Derived terms ==== Osloër Osloos == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈɔz.lo] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɔz.lu] === Proper noun === Oslo m Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈoslo] === Proper noun === Oslo n (relational adjective osloský or oselský) Oslo n (indeclinable, relational adjective osloský or oselský, demonym Oslan) (less common) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Oslo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Oslo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Oslo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Dutch == === Alternative forms === Ansloo, Anslo, Ansloe === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Oslo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.loː/ Hyphenation: Os‧lo === Proper noun === Oslo n Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) === See also === Christiania === Anagrams === loos == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoslo/ Rhymes: -oslo Syllabification: O‧slo === Proper noun === Oslo (accusative Oslon) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Holonyms ==== Norvegio == Estonian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoslo/ === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Faroese == === Proper noun === Oslo ? (official) alternative form of Ósló == Finnish == === Etymology === From Norwegian Oslo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoslo/, [ˈo̞s̠lo̞] Rhymes: -oslo Syllabification(key): Os‧lo Hyphenation(key): Os‧lo === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== oslolainen (“Osloite”) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.slo/ === Proper noun === Oslo f Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔsloː/ === Proper noun === Oslo n (proper noun, genitive Oslos or (optionally with an article) Oslo) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈosloː] Hyphenation: Os‧lo Homophone: oszló Rhymes: -loː === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== oslói == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔz.lo/ Rhymes: -ɔzlo Hyphenation: Ò‧slo === Proper noun === Oslo f Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) === Anagrams === solo == Latvian == === Proper noun === Oslo ? ({{{2}}} declension) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse Ósló, Ásló, first part from áss (“a god in Norse mythology”) + last part from ló (“meadow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊslʊ/, /ˈʊʃlʊ/, [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] Rhymes: -ʊslʊ, -ʊʃlʊ Hyphenation: Os‧lo === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) Oslo (a city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States) Oslo (an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States) Oslo (an unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Christiania, Kristiania (“former names of the capital of Norway”) === References === “Oslo” in Store norske leksikon === Anagrams === solo == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Åslo (obsolete) Ósló (nonstandard spelling, dialectal) === Etymology === 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. The name Ósló then comes from older *Ǫ́sló where the ǫ́ is nasalised (whence the -n- in Dutch Ansloo and Latin Ansloa), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᛊᚢᛚᚨᚢᚺᚢ (*ansulauhu), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”) + *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (“clearing, meadow”). According to Sandnes and Stemshaug, the name has likely been around since before the first century. Another theory is that the first part comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely, as there would be no explanation for ó- found in Ósló. The geologist Tom V. Segalstad has claimed that it comes from Old Norse ufs (“steep mountainside”), based on the Danicised spelling Opsloe. However, this form was never used in Norwegian, and various borrowings have -n- to signify a nasal vowel, which ufs would not have. Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic Ósló, Dutch Ansloo and (also Low German) Anslo, and Latin Ansloa, Asloa, Osloa (Latinisations). Between 1624 and 1925, Oslo referred to the old town of Oslo, a mediaeval town that burnt down in 1624. When the city was rebuilt, king Christian IV of Denmark named the new city Christiania (later spelling: Kristiania) after himself. During the 1800s, various authors would begin taking the old name back and the city officially changed its name to Oslo in 1925. The location of the old town got the name Gamlebyen (literally “Old Town”), now a neighbourhood in the modern city. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²uslu/, [ˈǔ̞s.lû̞], (Rogaland) [ˈû̞s.lû̞], (parts of Trøndelag) [ˈú̞s.lǔ̞] (East Norway) IPA(key): /²uʂlu/, [ˈú̞ʂ.ɭǔ̞], [ˈú̞ʃ.l̠ǔ̞] (phonemic respelling: Orslo) (Setesdal) IPA(key): [ˈou̯ːs.lou̯ː] Rhymes: -slu, -ʃlu Hyphenation: Ós‧ló, Ó‧sló === Proper noun === Oslo f Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) (historical) a mediaeval town to the east of Bjørvika, now inside the modern city of Oslo, Norway Synonym: (modern name) Gamlebyen ellipsis of Oslo bispedøme (“Diocese of Oslo”) bisp i Oslo ― bishop in (the Diocese of) Oslo ==== Derived terms ==== (demonyms): osloborgar, oslobu, osloensar, osloværing ==== Related terms ==== Christiania, Kristiania (former names of Norway’s capital city) lo (“a meadow, often by the water”) ås (“a god, one of the Æsir”) === References === === Further reading === “Oslo” in Store norske leksikon === Anagrams === solo == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Oslo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.slɔ/ Rhymes: -ɔslɔ Syllabification: O‧slo === Proper noun === Oslo n (indeclinable, related adjective oslowski) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital and largest city of Norway) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Oslo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN Oslo in Polish dictionaries at PWN Oslo in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Oslo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Os‧lo === Proper noun === Oslo ? Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ôslo/ === Proper noun === Ȍslo n (Cyrillic spelling О̏сло) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Oslo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɔslɔ] === Proper noun === Oslo n (genitive singular Osla, declension pattern of mesto) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Usage notes ==== It is sometimes also undeclined. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Osločan m Osločanka f osloský === References === “Oslo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ̀ːslɔ/ === Proper noun === Óslo m inan Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Óselčan / Óselčanka óselški === Further reading === “Oslo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Oslo”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoslo/ [ˈos.lo] Rhymes: -oslo Syllabification: Os‧lo === Proper noun === Oslo f Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʊslʊ/ === Proper noun === Oslo n (genitive Oslos) Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /osɫo/ === Proper noun === Oslo Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Oslolu (“a person from Oslo”)