Obama
A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
Proper noun
- A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
- A Japanese surname.
- A samurai clan of feudal Japan.
Origin
Transliteration of Japanese 小浜.
Forms
Proper noun Entry 2
- An African surname from Luo.
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Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017).
- (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.) - 2009 April 3, Helene Cooper, “Obama’s Star Turn at Summit Gets Mixed Results”, in The New York Times, archived from...
- 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...
Synonyms: Barry the Fairy Bathhouse Barry
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Origin
Etymology tree Luo obam Luo Mobamder. English Obama A corruption of the Luo by-name Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).
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Derived
BHO Bushbama Joebama Mike Obama Nobama Obamabot Obamacan ObamaCare Obamacon Obamacrat Obama-esque Obamagate Obamageddon Obamaism Obamaite Obamaitis Obamaland Obamamania Obaman Obamanation Obamania Obamanomics Obama phone Obama-rama