Submitted Place Names Starting with O

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.

OSIJEK (Settlement) Croatian
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia... [more]

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
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OʻZBEKISTON (Country) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Uzbekistan.

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