Omaha
pronunciation
How to pronounce Omaha in British English:
UK [ˈəuməhɑ:]
How to pronounce Omaha in American English:
US [ˈoməˌhɔ, -ˌhɑ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest
- the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha people
- thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935
Word Origin
- Omaha
- Siouan Indians of northeastern Nebraska, 1804, perhaps from Omaha umaha, perhaps literally "upstream (people), against the flow."
Example
- 1. These landing craft landed u. s.troops on omaha beach .
- 2. The baby shark in omaha is the one named jesus .
- 3. A loan shark in omaha , nebraska , abbott performed innovative , late-night shows in his living room .
- 4. Let 's say you just flew into miami international airport and you missed your connection for omaha .
- 5. Omaha now is lucky to see a few hundred berkshire investors teleport in for what is a roughly 45-minute annual meeting .