Oslo

[oz-loh, os-, oos-loo]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.

Oslo

/ ˈɒzləʊ, ˈuslu /

noun

1. Former name: Christiania.  Kristiania. 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: 521 886 (2004 est)

Oslo

1. Capital of Norway and largest city in the country, located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast; Norway's main port and chief commercial, industrial, and transportation center.

Example Sentences

Two armed robbers in balaclavas burst into the Munch museum in Oslo in broad daylight on August 22, 2004.

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Other Western powers including France and Britain in their own way also broke with Oslo's model of painstaking diplomacy and last month recognized a Palestinian state.

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Norway's foreign ministry confirmed that Caracas had closed its embassy in Oslo without providing a reason.

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Even the relatively targeted 1993 Oslo Accords, which aimed to chart a course to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, ultimately fell apart amid pressure from extremists on both sides.

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The laureates will receive their prizes at formal ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo on December 10.

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