Meanings
plural Omahas
- A member of a tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
- The largest city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Douglas County.
Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor.
2025 May 14, “Omaha poised to have first Black leader after mayor concedes race”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press - The language spoken by the Omaha tribe.
- card gamesOmaha hold 'em, any of several poker variants.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Omaha-PoncaUmoⁿhoⁿ
- Omaha-PoncaUmoⁿhoⁿ
- EnglishOmaha
Borrowed from Omaha-Ponca Umoⁿhoⁿ.
More words from Omaha-Ponca
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Chinese Mandarin 奧馬哈 /奥马哈
- 奧馬哈 /奥马哈 (Àomǎhā)city in Nebraska, United States
Portuguese omaha, Omaha
- omahaa member of the Omaha tribe
- Omahacity in Nebraska, United States
- omahathe language spoken by the Omaha tribe
Thai โอมาฮา, โอมาฮา
- โอมาฮา (oo-maa-hâa)a member of the Omaha tribe
- โอมาฮา (oo-maa-hâa)city in Nebraska, United States
- โอมาฮา (oo-maa-hâa)the language spoken by the Omaha tribe
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Cite this entry
Omaha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Omaha
“Omaha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Omaha. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Omaha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Omaha.
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