English Explanatory Dictionary

Obama

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An African surname from Luo.
  2. Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017).
name
  1. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
  2. A Japanese surname.
  3. A samurai clan of feudal Japan.

Pronunciation

/oʊˈbɑ.mə/ /əʊˈbɑː.mə/ En-us-Obama.ogg

Word forms

Obama Obamas

Etymology

Etymology tree Luo obam Luo Mobamder. English Obama A corruption of the Luo by-name Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

Synonyms

Barry the Fairy Bathhouse Barry

Derived words

BHO Bushbama Joebama Mike Obama Nobama Obamabot Obamacan ObamaCare Obamacon Obamacrat Obama-esque Obamagate Obamageddon Obamaism Obamaite Obamaitis Obamaland Obamamania Obaman Obamanation Obamania Obamanomics Obama phone Obama-rama Obamatard Obamaton Obamaworld Obamite Obamna Obamunism Obamunist Obiden Obomber Obongo Obozo Obummer Ohomo Onigger

Translations

Arabic: أُوبَامَا Armenian: Օբամա Belarusian: Аба́ма Bulgarian: Оба́ма Cherokee: ᎣᏆᎹ Chinese Mandarin: 奧巴馬 /奥巴马 Chinese Mandarin: 歐巴馬 /欧巴马 Dutch: Obama Finnish: Obama French: Obama Georgian: ობამა German: Obama Greek: Ομπάμα Hawaiian: ʻOpama Hebrew: אובמה Hindi: ओबामा Japanese: オバマ Korean: 오바마 Lao: ໂອບາມາ Macedonian: Обама Marathi: ओबामा Persian: اوباما Portuguese: Obama Russian: Оба́ма Serbo-Croatian: Обама Serbo-Croatian: Obama Spanish: Obama Swahili: Obama Thai: โอบามา Ukrainian: Оба́ма Urdu: اوبامہ Vietnamese: Ô-ba-ma
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on O Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary