Oslo

name

Etymology: From Norwegian Oslo, from Old Norse Ósló, Ásló f or n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is ló f or n (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (compare the suffix -ley in English place-names).

1. A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.

   “He was drawn to the three-dimensionality of the place: a town of 3,000, in the cleft between two towering mountains – the first seriously high ground you reach as you travel west of Oslo. […] Together with Vitterso, she devised a ‘winter mindset questionnaire’ to assess people’s attitudes to winter in Tromso, the Svalbard archipelago and the Oslo area.”

2. A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States.