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Oslo definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

  • ️Mon Apr 22 2019

Oslo in British

(ˈɒzləʊ   , Norwegian ˈuslu)

noun

the capital and chief port of Norway, in the southeast at the head of Oslo Fjord (an inlet of the Skagerrak): founded in about 1050; university (1811); a major commercial and industrial centre, producing about a quarter of Norway's total output. Pop: 986 093 (2015 est)

Former name: (1624–1877) Christiania or (1877–1924) Kristiania

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Oslo in American

(ˈɑzloʊ   ; ˈɑsloʊ   ; Norwegian ˈʊslʊ   )

seaport & capital of Norway, on an inlet of the Skagerrak: pop. 459,000

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