Omaha

[ oh-muh-haw, -hah ]

noun

, plural O·ma·has, (especially collectively) O·ma·ha

1. a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
2. a member of a North American Indian people of northeastern Nebraska.
3. the Siouan language of the Omaha, mutually intelligible with Ponca.
4. Military. the World War II Allied code name for one of the five D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, attacked by American troops.

Omaha

/ ˈəʊməˌhɑː /

noun

1. a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa: the largest city in the state; the country's largest livestock market and meat-packing centre. Pop: 404 267 (2003 est)

Omaha

1. Largest city in Nebraska .

Example Sentences

In any case, that the American demo teams failed at Omaha because of heavy casualties is a fact.

From The Daily Beast

Along with all the others, an Anglo-American controversy (still unresolved today) grew up out of this matter of Omaha.

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But at midnight the deepest penetration on Omaha was barely more than a mile.

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Three thousand alone fell in the near-disaster on Omaha—more than on all the other beaches combined.

From The Daily Beast

Above the cliffs at Omaha Beach is the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, beautifully landscaped by Markely Stevenson.

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We play this Union Pacific right through to Omaha and thence back home by direct rails.

From Project Gutenberg

Father is in Omaha on business and Mother and I are changing things around for the winter.

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Daddy went to Omaha to be near the market that was tumbling, crashing, and bringing on bankruptcy to stock raisers.

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One night in Omaha I was in a hotel fire, and I jumped from the window to escape.

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His station was at Omaha, far from the scene of cavalry exploits in fort or field.

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