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Oslo

Old Norse

“meadow beneath the ridge (disputed)”

Where it comes from

possibly 'áss' (ridge/god) + 'lo' (meadow)

Fun Fact

The city was renamed Christiania after the Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV in 1624, kept that name (spelled Kristiania from 1877) for about three centuries, and officially reverted to Oslo in 1925.

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