"Obama" meaning in English

See Obama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /oʊˈbɑ.mə/ [US], /əʊˈbɑː.mə/ [British] Audio: En-us-Obama.ogg 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.
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-j1OZVFqK Categories (other): English surnames
  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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname): أُوبَامَا (ʔubāmā) (Arabic), Օբամա (Ōbama) (Armenian), Аба́ма (Abáma) (Belarusian), Оба́ма (Obáma) (Bulgarian), 奧巴馬 /奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 歐巴馬 /欧巴马 (Ōubāmǎ) [Taiwan] (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 Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui. Categories (place): Cities in Fukui Prefecture, Cities in Japan, Places in Fukui Prefecture, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-XpQsfY1Y
  2. A Japanese surname.
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name-J4FJobTQ Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A samurai clan of feudal Japan.
    Sense id: en-Obama-en-name--hz13Mj1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "(The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)",
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          "text": "From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”",
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