"Obama" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /oʊˈbɑ.mə/ [US], /əʊˈbɑː.mə/ [UK] Audio: En-us-Obama.ogg [US] Forms: Obamas [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of by-name Luo Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|luo|Mobam||born with a crooked back}} Luo Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), {{der|en|luo|obam||to lean or bend}} Luo obam (“to lean or bend”) Head templates: {{en-prop|Obamas}} Obama (plural Obamas)
  1. An African surname from Luo. Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-j1OZVFqK Disambiguation of Individuals: 37 43 3 6 12 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. An African surname from Luo.
    Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America.
    Categories (topical): Barack Obama, Individuals Related terms: Bathhouse Barry
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-P7gb1tZR Disambiguation of Barack Obama: 2 95 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Individuals: 37 43 3 6 12 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 55 4 3 10 Derived forms: BHO, Bushbama, Joebama, Obamabot, Obamacan, ObamaCare, Obamacon, Obamacrat, Obama-esque, Obamagate, Obamageddon, Obamaite, Obamaitis, Obamamania, Obaman, Obamanation, Obamanomics, Obama phone, Obama-rama, Obamatard, Obamaton, Obamaworld, Obamunism, Obamunist, Obiden, Obomber, Obongo, Obozo, Obummer, Ohomo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname): أُوبَامَا (ʔubāmā) (Arabic), Օբամա (Ōbama) (Armenian), Аба́ма (Abáma) (Belarusian), Оба́ма (Obáma) (Bulgarian), 奧巴馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 歐巴馬 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 欧巴马 (Ōubāmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Obama (Dutch), Obama (Finnish), Obama (French), ობამა (obama) (Georgian), Obama (German), Ομπάμα (Ompáma) (Greek), ʻOpama (Hawaiian), אובמה (obama) (Hebrew), ओबामा (obāmā) (Hindi), オバマ (Obama) (Japanese), 오바마 (obama) (Korean), ໂອບາມາ (ʼō bā mā) (Lao), Обама (Obama) (Macedonian), ओबामा (obāmā) (Marathi), اوباما (obâmâ) (Persian), Obama (Portuguese), Оба́ма (Obáma) (Russian), Обама [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Obama [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Obama (Spanish), Obama (Swahili), โอบามา (oo-baa-mâa) (Thai), Оба́ма (Obáma) (Ukrainian), اوبامہ (obāma) (Urdu), Ô-ba-ma (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'surname': 50 50

Proper name

Forms: Obamas [plural]
Etymology: Transliteration of Japanese 小浜. Etymology templates: {{translit|en|ja|小浜}} Transliteration of Japanese 小浜 Head templates: {{en-prop|Obamas}} Obama (plural Obamas)
  1. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Obama, Fukui. Categories (place): Cities in Fukui Prefecture, Cities in Japan, Places in Fukui Prefecture, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-k8LnuhE-
  2. A Japanese surname.
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-J4FJobTQ Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A samurai clan of feudal Japan. Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name--hz13Mj1 Disambiguation of Individuals: 37 43 3 6 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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}
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    },
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      "word": "ObamaCare"
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "Obamanation"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "Obamaworld"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "Obamunist"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "Obomber"
    },
    {
      "word": "Obongo"
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    }
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    }
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          "surname"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "أُوبَامَا"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "Ōbama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Օբամա"
    },
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      "roman": "Abáma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Аба́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Obáma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Оба́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "奧巴馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Àobāmǎ",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "奥巴马"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "歐巴馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Ōubāmǎ",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "欧巴马"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "obama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ობამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ompáma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Ομπάμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ʻOpama"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "obama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "אובמה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "obāmā",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ओबामा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Obama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "オバマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "obama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "오바마"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼō bā mā",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ໂອບາມາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Obama",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Обама"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "obāmā",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ओबामा"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "obâmâ",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "اوباما"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Obáma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Оба́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Обама"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Obama"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "oo-baa-mâa",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "โอบามา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Obáma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Оба́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "obāma",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "اوبامہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Ô-ba-ma"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Obama (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Obama"
}

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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Japanese",
    "English transliterations of Japanese terms",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Barack Obama",
    "en:Individuals"
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "小浜"
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      "expansion": "Transliteration of Japanese 小浜",
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    }
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        "en:Cities in Fukui Prefecture",
        "en:Cities in Japan",
        "en:Places in Fukui Prefecture",
        "en:Places in Japan"
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        "A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Obama, Fukui."
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        "A Japanese surname."
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        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A samurai clan of feudal Japan."
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        [
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          "samurai"
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    "Obama (disambiguation)"
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}

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