Oslo

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Oslo

/ˈɒzləʊ/ UK
/ˈɔzləw/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɑzloʊ/ US
/ˈɑsloʊ/ US
/ˈɔzləʉ/ Australia
/ˈɒzlɐʉ/ New Zealand
/ˈɔzlo/ Scotland
/ˈɒzloː/ Wales

Where it comes from

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).

proper noun

A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania. 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
metonymically The Norwegian government.
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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: christiania, norway, tromso, dep, bergen, asker, det, lancaster, osla, kristiania, kristiansand, stavanger, trondheim, copenhagen, rogaland, bodø

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name Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Español	Oslo
한국어	오슬로 Oseullo
日本語	オスロ Osuro
中文	奧斯陸 /奥斯陆 Àosīlù
हिन्दी	ओस्लो oslo
Português	Oslo
Français	Oslo
Deutsch	Oslo
Italiano	Oslo
Ελληνικά	Όσλο Óslo
Română	Oslo
Русский	О́сло Óslo
Tiếng Việt	Ốt-xlô
العربية	أُوسْلُو ʔūslū
עברית	אוֹסְלוֹ oslo

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APA

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Chicago

"Oslo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oslo.

BibTeX

@misc{oslo_2026,
  title = {Oslo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oslo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}