Meanings
oga1
nounoga (plural ogas)
plural ogas
- AfricaWestA chief, employer, or superior.
Nigeria is not a nation of sandwich-eating people and his last oga did not eat bread in the afternoon.
2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, chapter 50, in Americanah
OGA2
proper noun
- abbreviationeuphemisticinitialismgovernmentInitialism of other government agency.
Oga3
proper noun
- A frazione in Valdisotto, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.
Oga4
proper noun
- A peninsula in Akita Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, projecting into the Sea of Japan; in full, Oga Peninsula.
Origin
oga · noun
- Yorubaọ̀gá
- Yorubaọ̀gá
- Englishoga
Borrowed from Yoruba ọ̀gá (“chief, master”).
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Full word history & related roots →Oga · proper noun
- ItalianOga
- EnglishOga
From Italian Oga.
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Full word history & related roots →Oga · proper noun
- Japanese男鹿
- EnglishOga
From Japanese 男鹿 (Oga).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 男鹿半島 /男鹿半岛, 男鹿市
- 男鹿半島 /男鹿半岛Japanese peninsula
- 男鹿市Japanese city
- 男鹿國定公園 /男鹿国定公园Japanese park
Italian Oga
- OgaItalian commune fraction
Japanese 男鹿半島, 男鹿市
- 男鹿半島 (Oga-hantō)Japanese peninsula
- 男鹿市 (Oga-shi)Japanese city
- 男鹿国定公園 (Oga Kokutei Kōen)Japanese park
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with oga
All rhymes →Sounds the same
ogre (non-rhotic)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
oga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oga
MLA
“oga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oga. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oga.
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