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Ormskirk (city, England)
ornament (in music)
Orne (department, France)
Oromo (people, Ethiopia/Kenya)
Oromocto (city, Canada)
Oronsay (island, Scotland)
Orontes (river, Lebanon)
Oroville Dam (dam, California)
Orpheus (in Greek Mythology)
Orphic Mysteries (ancient religion, ancient Greece)
orphism (movement)
Orrefors (city, Sweden)
Orrmulum (linguistics, literature, England)
Orsha (city, Russia)
Orsk (city, Russia)
Orthodox Eastern Church (church, Orthodox)
orthopedics (branch of medicine)
Ortles (mountains, Italy)
Ortona (city, Italy)
Oruro (city, Bolivia)
Orvieto (city, Italy)
oryx (mammal)
Os (symbol)
Osage (indigenous people of North America)
Osage (river, United States)
Osaka (city, Japan)
Osawatomie (city, Kansas)
Osborne House (structure, England)
Oscan (language)
oscillator, electronic (mechanical device)
oscilloscope (mechanical device)
Osh (city, Kyrgyzstan)
Oshawa (city, Canada)
Oshkosh (city, Wisconsin)
Oshogbo (city, Nigeria)
Osijek (city, Croatia)
Osiris (ancient religion, ancient Egypt)
Oskaloosa (city, Iowa)
Oskarshamn (city, Sweden)
Öskemen (city, Kazakhstan)
Oslo (city, Norway)
osmium (metal, element)
osmosis (process)
Osnabrück (city, Germany)
Osorno (city, Chile)
osprey (bird)
Osroene (kingdom, Mesopotamia/Turkey/Syria)
Oss (city, the Netherlands)
Ossa (mountain, Greece)