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Naomi

American  
[ney-oh-mee, -mahy, ney-oh-mahy, -mee] / neɪˈoʊ mi, -maɪ, ˈneɪ oʊˌmaɪ, -ˌmi /

noun

  1. the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “pleasant.”


Naomi British  
/ ˈneɪəmɪ /

noun

  1. Douay spelling: NoemiOld Testament the mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:2)

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Alliance leader Naomi Long is to warn that her party's role in the Northern Ireland Executive "should not be taken for granted".

From BBC

The director of conservation at the California Botanic Garden, botanist Naomi Fraga, said a superbloom is typically classified as a regional phenomenon where you see fields of wildflowers stretching across hundreds of thousands of acres.

From Los Angeles Times

One of those is Naomi Kuria, a popular content creator who has had medical procedures to lose weight and enhance her looks – and is proud of the outcome.

From BBC

Last June, Naomi Welikala noticed a line curving around the block of her local American Legion, an unassuming building that rarely invited commotion.

From Los Angeles Times

"As far as everybody's concerned, you're a playboy," she told him, accusing him of "parading" his relationships with people including British supermodel Naomi Campbell.

From BBC