Etymology

omar

O·mar
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Today it means: A glacial erratic piece of (typically smooth) dark siliceous greywacke that exhibits a hemispherical pit or hole (as a result of selective dissolution of carbonate concretions within the greywacke), originating in the Omarolluk Formation and carried by glaciers throughout Canada and the United States. Full definition →

Arabic عُمَر
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omar · noun1

From the Proterozoic Omarolluk Formation in the Hudson Bay, where they originated.

Omar · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromعُمَر
  2. English todayOmar

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.

Words from the same roots

Arabicعُمَر all →

Umar

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