Meaning of Oslo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
2. Oslo (a city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States)
3. a mediaeval town to the east of Bjørvika, now inside the modern city of Oslo, Norway
   feminine, historical
4. Oslo (an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States)
5. ellipsis of Oslo bispedøme (“Diocese of Oslo”)
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine
6. Oslo (an unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States)

Examples

“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 [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.

“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.

“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.

“bisp i Oslo”

bishop in (the Diocese of) Oslo