Obama

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US/oʊˈbɑ.mə/UK/əʊˈbɑː.mə/

proper noun

An African surname from Luo.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

Obama1

proper nounObama (plural Obamas)

plural Obamas

  1. An African surname from Luo.
    1. 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 the original on 26 Feb 2022
      1 more example

      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.”

      2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021

      Synonyms: Barry the Fairy, Bathhouse Barry

Obama2

proper nounObama (plural Obamas)

plural Obamas

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

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounBarack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017).

Origin

Obama · proper noun

  1. Luoobam
  2. LuoMobam
  3. EnglishObama

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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Obama · proper noun

Transliteration of Japanese 小浜.

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Translations

Arabic أُوبَامَا
  • أُوبَامَا (ʔubāmā)surname
Bulgarian Оба́ма
  • Оба́ма (Obáma)surname
Chinese 小濱 /小滨
  • 小濱 /小滨 (Xiǎobīn)city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Chinese Mandarin 奧巴馬 /奥巴马, 歐巴馬 /欧巴马
  • 奧巴馬 /奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ)surname
  • 歐巴馬 /欧巴马 (Ōubāmǎ)surname
Dutch Obama
  • Obamasurname
Finnish Obama
  • Obamasurname
French Obama
  • Obamasurname
German Obama
  • Obamasurname
Greek Ομπάμα
  • Ομπάμα (Ompáma)surname
Hawaiian ʻOpama
  • ʻOpamasurname
Hebrew אובמה
  • אובמה (obama)surname
Hindi ओबामा
  • ओबामा (obāmā)surname
Japanese オバマ, 小浜
  • オバマ (Obama)surname
  • 小浜 (Obama)city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Korean 오바마
  • 오바마 (Obama)surname
Persian اوباما
  • اوباما (obâmâ)surname
Portuguese Obama
  • Obamasurname
Russian Оба́ма
  • Оба́ма (Obáma)surname
Spanish Obama
  • Obamasurname
Swahili Obama
  • Obamasurname
Thai โอบามา
  • โอบามา (oo-baa-mâa)surname
Ukrainian Оба́ма
  • Оба́ма (Obáma)surname
Urdu اوبامہ
  • اوبامہ (obāma)surname
Vietnamese Ô-ba-ma
  • Ô-ba-masurname

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Obama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Obama

MLA

“Obama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Obama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Obama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Obama.

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