"O" European Cities

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1. This seaport in Ukraine was founded around a Tatar fortress in the 14th century. It was passed to Turkey in 1764 and to Russia in 1791. It was made a naval base and port in 1794. It was given its present name in 1795. Orel Odessa Orenburg Omsk

2. This Spanish city was formerly known as Asturias. It was the former capital of the Asturias kingdom in the ninth century. It is the present capital of Asturias autonomous community and province. Answer: (One Word)

3. This Norwegian city was formerly known as Christiania or Kristiania. Answer: (One Word)

4. This Romanian city near the Hungarian border was known as Nagyvárad in Hungarian and Grosswardein in German. Odessa Oral Ödenburg Oradea

5. This Belgian city is a seaport and a seaside resort. During WWI it was used as a German submarine base. Oosterhout Oudenaarde Oldenburg Oostende

6. This city in central Sweden is the capital of a province with the same name. Örnsköldsvik Oulu Odense Örebro

7. This Italian city town called Hydruntum in Roman times.It was an important port both in Roman and Byzantine times. It was destroyed by the Turks in 1480. Orvieto Otranto Ortona Ostia

8. This English city has been the site of a university since the 12th century. Answer: (One Word)

9. This city is the fourth largest of Croatia. It is situated on the Drava River. Opatija Osijek Opava Ostrava

10. This city on Fyn Island is Denmark´s third largest. It is the birthplace of the author Hans Christian Andersen (1805). Answer: (One Word)

11. This city in Finland is called Uleåborg in Swedish. It is situated on the Gulf of Bothnia. Örnsköldsvik Örebro Oulu Oulujärvi

12. This French city is the capital of Vaucluse dept. It was known as Arausio under Roman times. It was the capital of a former principality. It became a possession of the house of Nassau in the 16th century. Orthez Ostende Oran Orange

13. This Russian city was the capital of Kirghiz Autonomous Republic (now Kyrgyzstan) from 1920-24. The name was changed to Chkalov in 1938 in honor of Russian aviator V.P.Chkalov, but it was again renamed its present name in 1957. Odessa Orel Omsk Orenburg

14. This Czech city was the capital of Moravia until 1640. Opava Olomouc Olsztyn Ostrava

15. This city was the capital of a former German state, since 1946 part of Lower Saxony. It became a grand duchy in the early 19th century. The last grand duke abdicated in 1918. Answer: (One Word)