Oslo

oslo osło Ósló Osló English Etymology From en no Oslo, from en non Ósló, non Ásló f n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from non ǫ́ss, non áss god; one of the Æsir, from en gem-pro *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from non áss hill, beam, from en gem-pro *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is non ló meadow f n, from en gem-pro *lauhō f, gem-pro *lauhaz m (compare the suffix -enm ley in English place-names). Pronunciation en /ˈɒzləʊ/ RP en /ˈɔzləw/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Oslo.wav Southern England en /ˈɑzloʊ/ /ˈɑsloʊ/ GA en /ˈɔzləʉ/ AU en /ˈɒzlɐʉ/ NZ en /ˈɔzlo/ Scotland en /ˈɒzloː/ Wales Proper noun en Q585en county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania. en Linda Geddes The dark town that built a giant mirror to deflect the Sun w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun 2017-03-13 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813085952/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun en metonym The Norwegian government. en tiny city co/Marshall County in northwest s/Minnesota c/USA. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Vernon co/Dodge County s/Minnesota c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Indian River County s/Florida c/USA. Derived terms en Oslovian Oslo syndrome Osloite Translations Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway) Afrikaans: af Oslo Albanian: sq Oslo Amharic: am ኦስሎ Arabic: ar أُوسْلُو f Hijazi Arabic: acw أوسلو f ʔōslū, ʔōslō Armenian: hy Օսլո Asturian: ast Oslo, ast Oslu Azerbaijani: az Oslo Basque: eu Oslo Belarusian: be О́сла m Bengali: bn অসলো Bulgarian: bg О́сло n Burmese: my အော့စလိုမြို့ Catalan: ca Oslo Chinese: Cantonese: yue 奧斯陸 ou3 si1 luk6 Mandarin: cmn 奧斯陸 Àosīlù Czech: cs Oslo n Danish: da Oslo n Dutch: nl Oslo n, nl Ansloo, nl Anslo Esperanto: eo Oslo Faroese: fo Ósló f Finnish: fi Oslo French: fr Oslo f Georgian: ka ოსლო German: de Oslo n Greek: el Όσλο n Hebrew: he אוֹסְלוֹ f oslo Hindi: hi ओस्लो m Hungarian: hu Oslo Icelandic: is Ósló f, is Osló f Indonesian: id Oslo Irish: ga Osló Italian: it Oslo f Japanese: ja オスロ Osuro Kazakh: kk Осло Khmer: km អូស្លូ Korean: ko ^오슬로 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Oslo Kyrgyz: ky Осло Lao: lo ອອສໂລ Latin: la Ansloa f, la Asloa f Latvian: lv Oslo f Lithuanian: lt Oslas m Macedonian: mk Осло n Malay: ms Oslo Maltese: mt Oslo Māori: mi Ōhoro Marathi: mr ऑस्लो Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Осло Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Oslo Nynorsk: nn Oslo f Pashto: ps اوسلو f oslo Persian: fa اسلو oslo Polish: pl Oslo n Portuguese: pt Oslo f Romanian: ro Oslo Russian: ru О́сло m Sami: Southern Sami: sma Oslove Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh О̏сло n Latin: sh Ȍslo n Slovak: sk Oslo n Slovene: sl Oslo n Spanish: es Oslo Swedish: sv Oslo n Tagalog: tl Oslo Tajik: tg Осло Tamil: ta ஒசுலோ Tatar: tt Осло Thai: th ออสโล Turkish: tr Oslo Turkmen: tk Oslo Ukrainian: uk О́сло m Urdu: ur اوسلو m oslo Uyghur: ug ئوسلو Uzbek: uz Oslo Vietnamese: vi Ốt-xlô Yiddish: yi אָסלאָ n See also en Oslo paper Anagrams en loos Loos OOLs loos sloo solo sool en calculator words Afrikaans af: Proper noun af county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Derived terms af Osloër af Osloos Catalan Pronunciation ò Proper noun m ca county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Czech cs: Pronunciation cs Cs-Oslo.ogg Proper noun n osloský,oselský n 1 osloský,oselský Oslan (less common) cs county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension ((n.sg,n.sg.indecl)) Further reading Danish Proper noun da proper noun da county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Dutch nl: Alternative forms nl Ansloo Anslo Ansloe Etymology Borrowed from nl no Oslo. Pronunciation nl /ˈɔs.loː/ nl Nl-Oslo.ogg nl Os lo Proper noun n nl county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo See also nl Christiania Anagrams nl loos Esperanto eo: Pronunciation LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-Oslo.wav Proper noun eo county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Holonyms eo Norvegio Further reading Estonian Pronunciation Proper noun et proper noun et county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Faroese fo: Proper noun fo proper noun ? fo official fo Ósló Finnish Etymology From fi no Oslo. Pronunciation Proper noun fi county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension sg Osl o a Derived terms fi oslolainen Osloite French Pronunciation Proper noun f fr county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo German Pronunciation de /ˈɔsloː/ de De-Oslo.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Hungarian Pronunciation Oszló hu Os lo hu oszló hu loː 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension Osló o sgOsló sg Derived terms hu oslói Italian Pronunciation Òslo Proper noun f it county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Anagrams it loos solo Latvian lv: Proper noun lv county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Norwegian Bokmål nb: thumb|300px|Oslo, Norway. View from Ekeberg toward Grefsen. Etymology nb ine-pro *h₂ems- *lewk- From nb non Ósló, non Ásló, first part from non áss a god in Norse mythology + last part from non ló meadow. Pronunciation nb /ˈʊslʊ/ /ˈʊʃlʊ/ [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] nb Oslo.ogg nb ʊslʊ ʊʃlʊ nb Os lo Proper noun nb proper noun nb county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo nb city co/Marshall County in northwest s/Minnesota c/USA Oslo nb unincorporated community twp:Suf/Vernon co/Dodge County s/Minnesota c/USA Oslo nb unincorporated community co/Indian River County s/Florida c/USA Oslo Derived terms nb osloenser oslosk oslodame oslodialekt Oslofeltet Oslofjorden oslofolk oslofrokost oslogutt oslokvinne oslolos oslomann Oslomarka oslomenneske oslomål oslopike Osloregionen Osloriften oslosildre Osloskolen oslotrygden Oslotunnelen Related terms nb Christiania, nb Kristiania former names of the capital of Norway References “Oslo” in Store norske leksikon Anagrams nb solo Norwegian Nynorsk nn: thumb|nn Bjørvika in Oslo, with the Oslo Opera House opera house and Barcode Project Barcode. Alternative forms nn Åslo obsolete nn Ósló nonstandard spelling dialectal Etymology nn ine-pro *h₂ems- *lewk- From nn non Ósló, non Ásló f n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from non ǫ́ss, non áss god; one of the Æsir, from nn gem-pro *ansuz. The name non Ósló then comes from older non *Ǫ́sló where the ǫ́ is nasalised (whence the -n- in nl Ansloo and la Ansloa), from nn gmq-pro *ᚨᚾᛊᚢᛚᚨᚢᚺᚢ, from nn gem-pro *ansuz god, deity + gem-pro *lauhō f, gem-pro *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 non áss hill, beam, from nn gem-pro *ansaz, but this is unlikely, as there would be no explanation for non ó- found in non Ósló. The geologist Tom Segalstad Tom V. Segalstad has claimed that it comes from nn non ufs steep mountainside, based on the Danicised spelling da Opsloe.Tom V. Segalstad Tom V. Segalstad 17th February 2018 Oslo het lenge Opsloe. Men hva betyr det? Aftenposten https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/e1GwKl/oslo-het-lenge-opsloe-men-hva-betyr-det-tom-v-segalstad https://web.archive.org/web/20221229201841/https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/e1GwKl/oslo-het-lenge-opsloe-men-hva-betyr-det-tom-v-segalstad 29 December 2022 However, this form was never used in Norwegian, and various borrowings have nn -n- to signify a nasal vowel, which non ufs would not have. Cognates include fo,is Ósló, nl Ansloo and (also nds -) nl Anslo and la Ansloa, la Asloa, la Osloa Latinisations. Between 1624 and 1925, nn Oslo referred to the Old Town, Oslo#Mediaeval Oslo 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 nn Christiania (later spelling: nn Kristiania) after himself. During the 1800s, various authors would begin taking the old name back and the city officially changed its name to nn Oslo in 1925. The location of the old town got the name nn Gamlebyen Old Town, now a neighbourhood in the modern city. Pronunciation nn /²uslu/ [ˈǔ̞s.lû̞] Rogaland [ˈû̞s.lû̞] parts of Trøndelag [ˈú̞s.lǔ̞] nn /²uʂlu/ [ˈú̞ʂ.ɭǔ̞] [ˈú̞ʃ.l̠ǔ̞] East Norway (phonemic respelling: Orslo21st January 2013 Hanne Østli Jakobsen forskning.no Oslo, som i Orslo https://forskning.no/sprak-historie/oslo-som-i-orslo/657682 https://web.archive.org/web/20250621113317/https://www.forskning.no/sprak-historie/oslo-som-i-orslo/657682 21 June 2025) nn Oslo.ogg nn [ˈou̯ːs.lou̯ː] Setesdal nn slu ʃlu nn Ós ló Ó sló Proper noun nn proper noun f nn county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo nn 1912 w:Ivar Aasen Skrifter i samling Um Namnet Oslo 204 https://www.nb.no/items/fd1582fe132ff29006faa80f2115e802?page=205 Han berre klagar paa det, at Namnet sidan vardt burtskutlat, med di at Kong Kristian IV i Aaret 1624 «hadde det uheppne Innfallet at umbyta det eldgamle ærverdige Namnet Oslo med det nye, sjølvuppfundne og halvbarbariske Namn Christiania». Og detta er vel ogso den rettaste Synsmaaten. His [Peter Andreas Munch P. A. Munch’s] only complaint was that the name was later thrown away, as king Christian IV in the year 1624 “had the unfortunate idea of switching out the old honourable name Oslo with the new, self-invented and half-barbaric name Christiania”. And this is probably also the most correct way to look at it. nn 2000 Hytta I Oslo Cabin In oslo Folk kjøper seg hytta på Geilo og Gol. Dei vil stå litt på slalåm og slikka litt sol. Eg kjenne det krible, eg har eit begjær: Eg vil ha hytta i Oslo; det er der eg vil vær. People buy cabins in Geilo and Gol. They want to stand on slalom and lick some sun. I feel it tingle, I have a lust: I want a cabin in Oslo; there is where I want to be. nn historical nn a <<mediaeval>> town to the east of <<bay/Bjørvika>>, now inside the modern city of <<city/Oslo>>, <<c/Norway>> nn Gamlebyen modern name nn 1900 w:Snorri Sturluson Steinar Schjøtt Kongesogur Kings’ sagas Kong Harald lét byggja ein kaupstad aust i Oslo, og sat der tidt; for de var godt for tilførst der, og de var rike bygdir umkring. King Harald had built a merchant town in the East at Oslo, where he often resided; for there was good supply from the extensive cultivated district wide around. nn w:nn:Oslo bispedøme Oslo bispedøme Diocese of Oslo nn bisp i Oslo bishop in (the Diocese of) Oslo Derived terms demonyms nn osloborgar, nn oslobu, nn osloensar, nn osloværing nn oslobisp,oslobiskop<t:bishop in the Diocese of Oslo> Oslobyen Oslobygda Oslofeltet Oslofjorden<t:the Oslo Fjord> oslofolk<t:people from Oslo> Oslogryta oslogut<t:boy from Oslo> Osloherad oslojente<t:girl from Oslo> oslokvinne<t:woman from Oslo> oslomann<t:man from Oslo> Oslomarka oslomål,oslodialekt<t:Oslo dialect> Oslonamnet<t:the name of the city Oslo> oslosildre<t:Saxifraga osloensis> oslosk<t:of or pertaining to Oslo> Osloskulen Oslotunnelen<t:the Oslo Tunnel> Related terms nn Christiania, nn Kristiania former names of Norway’s capital city nn lo a meadow, often by the water nn ås a god, one of the Æsir References Further reading Anagrams nb solo Polish pl: thumb|Oslo Etymology pl :bor no:Oslo + 1 Pronunciation Pl-Oslo.ogg Proper noun n 1 oslowski pl county/and/municipality/caplc c/Norway Oslo Derived terms pl nouns oslowianin oslowianka Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese Etymology pt :bor no:Oslo + 1 Pronunciation Óslo pt Os lo Proper noun pt county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Serbo-Croatian Pronunciation Ȍslo Proper noun Ȍslo n sh county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension Oslo Osla Oslu Oslo Oslo Oslu Oslom Slovak Etymology sk :bor no:Oslo + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun n Osla mesto sk county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Usage notes It is sometimes also undeclined. Declension Oslo Osla Oslu Oslo Osle Oslom Derived terms sk Osločan m sk Osločanka f sk osloský References Slovene sl: Pronunciation Óslo Proper noun Óslo m-in sl county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension Óslo Ósl sg Related terms sl Óselčan / sl Óselčanka sl óselški Further reading Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f es county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Related terms es oslense Swedish Pronunciation sv /²ʊslʊ/ sv Sv-Oslo.ogg Proper noun n sv county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Turkish Pronunciation tr /osɫo/ Proper noun tr county/and/municipality/capital city c/Norway Oslo Declension Derived terms tr Oslolu a person from Oslo