Obama

Obama

English

Etymology 1

Barack Obama

Corruption of by-name Luo Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈbɑ.mə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈbɑː.mə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Obama (plural Obamas)

1. An African surname from Luo.
   1. Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America.

Derived terms

• BHO
• Bushbama
• Joebama
• Obamabot
• Obamacan
• ObamaCare
• Obamacon
• Obamacrat
• Obama-esque
• Obamagate
• Obamageddon
• Obamaite
• Obamaitis
• Obamamania
• Obaman
• Obamanation
• Obamanomics
• Obama phone
• Obama-rama
• Obamatard
• Obamaton
• Obamaworld
• Obamunism
• Obamunist
• Obiden
• Obomber
• Obozo
• Obummer

 

Descendants

• Translingual: Obamadon, Obamus, Etheostoma obama (spangled darter), Tosanoides obama, Caloplaca obamae (Obama lichen)

Translations

surname

Arabic: أُوبَامَا‎ (ʾubāmā) Armenian: Օբամա (Ōbama) Belarusian: Аба́ма (Abáma) Bulgarian: Оба́ма (Obáma) Chinese: Mandarin: 奧巴馬／奥巴马 (zh) (Àobāmǎ); (Taiwan) 歐巴馬／欧巴马 (zh) (Ōubāmǎ) Dutch: Obama Finnish: Obama French: Obama (fr) Georgian: ობამა (obama) German: Obama Greek: Ομπάμα (Ompáma) Hawaiian: ʻOpama Hebrew: אובמה‎ (obama) Hindi: ओबामा (obāmā) Japanese: オバマ (Obama) Korean: 오바마 (obama) Macedonian: Обама (Obama) Marathi: ओबामा (obāmā) Persian: اوباما‎ (obâmâ) Portuguese: Obama Russian: Оба́ма (ru) (Obáma) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Обама Roman: Obama Spanish: Obama Swahili: Obama (sw) Thai: โอบามา (oo-baa-mâa) Ukrainian: Оба́ма (Obáma) Urdu: اوبامہ‎ (obāma)

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Japanese 小浜.

Proper noun

Obama (plural Obamas)

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

Further reading

• Obama at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Obama”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Obama”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Obama”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• aboma

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Obama.

Proper noun

Obama m (proper noun, strong, genitive Obamas)

1. the 44^th president of the USA; Obama

   Ich mag Obama (nicht).

   I (don't) like Obama.

Further reading

• “Obama” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

Obama

1. Rōmaji transcription of おばま
2. Rōmaji transcription of オバマ

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Luo.

Proper noun

Obama

1. a surname from Luo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Luo [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbama/ [oˈβ̞a.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: O‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Obama

1. a surname from Luo

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Luo [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Obama

1. a surname from Luo