Behind the Name: Submitted Place Names Starting with O

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

OAKLAND (Settlement) English
This is name of places in the United States and Canada (including the one in California).... [more]

OBALA BJELOKOSTI (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Ivory Coast.

OBAN (Settlement) Scottish
An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning ''The Little Bay''.

OCEANIA (Region) English
A geographic region in the southern hemisphere consisting of several nations, including Australia and New Zealand. The name is ultimately derived from Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) ”ocean”.

ODENSE (Settlement) Danish
From Old Norse Óðinn's vé meaning "Odin's sanctuary". This is the 3rd largest city in Denmark and the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the author of fairy tales such as 'The Little Mermaid' (1837), and 'The Snow Queen' (1844).

ÖFÖ (Settlement) Bashkir
Bashkir form of Ufa.

OHIO (Political Subdivision) English (American)
Name of a state in the United States, originally used of the river, from Seneca ohi:yo "good river".

OKLAHOMA (Political Subdivision) English (American)
Name of a state in the United States, from Choctaw okla "people" "tribe" "nation" + homma "red".

OLISIPO (Settlement) Ancient Roman
Ancient name of Lisboa used while the city were a part of the Roman Empire. Probably derived from the name Odysseus.

OMAN (Country) English, Croatian
The name of the Country in the Middle East. Oman, a nation on the Arabian Peninsula, has terrain encompassing desert, riverbed oases and long coastlines on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman... [more]

ONTARIO (Region) English

ORAN (Settlement) English
Derived from Berber hr meaning "lion", believed to be bestowed to the city when lions were spotted in 900 BC. Oran is a port city in northwest Algeria and the second largest city after Algiers.

ORCADIA (Island) Medieval, Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
A medieval name for the Orkney Islands, the famous archipelago of the northwest coast of Scotland. It comes from the Roman name Orcades which was probably derived from Celtic *forko- "young pig"... [more]

ÖREBRO (Settlement) Swedish
Combination of Swedish ör, an archaic word meaning "gravel", and bro "bridge. ... [more]

OREGON (Political Subdivision) English (American)
Name of a state in the United States, from the name of a large river in the west of North America, possibly from Algonquin wauregan "beautiful".

ORLANDO (Political Subdivision) English
Name of a city in Florida, named in honor of Orlando Reeves who died in 1835 during a supposed attack by Seminoles in the Second Seminole War.

ORUSIYA (Country) Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz form of Russia.

OSLO (Settlement) Norwegian
Meaning uncertain. It was originally the name of a farm in Bjørvika, a neighborhood in present-day Oslo.

ÖSTERGÖTLAND (Region) Swedish
A county (län) and historical province in Sweden. Östergötland means "Eastern Götaland". ... [more]

OSTRAVA (Other) South American
Place name

OʻZBEKISTON (Country) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Uzbekistan.

ÖZBEKSTAN (Country) Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Uzbekistan.

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	Initial letter
	Type
	Meaning	the meaning is anything from the name's write-up that is surrounded by "double quotes" separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
	Description	ignore name meanings the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored
	Length
	Pattern	the pattern will be compared to the name * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters example: oo will match names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z
	Namesake
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