Obama

Barack Obama

Corruption of by-name Luo Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈbɑ.mə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈbɑː.mə/

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Obama (plural Obamas)

1. An African surname from Luo.
   1. Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America.

• Translingual: Obamadon, Obamus, Etheostoma obama (spangled darter), Tosanoides obama, Caloplaca obamae (Obama lichen)

• Bathhouse Barry

Transliteration of Japanese 小浜.

Obama (plural Obamas)

1. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
2. A Japanese surname.
3. A samurai clan of feudal Japan.

• “Obama”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Obama”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Obama”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Obama”, in Collins English Dictionary.

• aboma

Borrowed from English Obama.

Obama m (proper noun, strong, genitive Obamas)

1. the 44^th president of the USA; Obama

   Ich mag Obama (nicht).

   I (don't) like Obama.

• “Obama” in Duden online

Obama

1. Rōmaji transcription of おばま
2. Rōmaji transcription of オバマ

From Luo.

Obama

1. a surname from Luo

Borrowed from English Obama, from Luo [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /oˈbama/ [oˈβ̞a.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: O‧ba‧ma

Obama m or f by sense

1. A surname in English

Borrowed from Luo [Term?].

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Obama

1. a surname from Luo