Omaha

American  

[oh-muh-haw, -hah] / ˈoʊ məˌhɔ, -ˌhɑ /

noun

• Omahas,
  plural
• Omaha
  plural

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.

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Omaha British  

/ 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)

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Omaha Cultural  

1. Largest city in Nebraska.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Omaha
  plural
• Omahas
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Omaha Omahas

He watches it all, nearly every evening, usually from a recliner in his Omaha home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

On one point—Berkshire Hathaway’s headquarters—he was unequivocal: “It will never move from Omaha, Nebraska.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Last week, AP reported that Omaha police agreed to stop using the shock gloves after parents realized they’d been adopted by departments that monitored schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

At the end of one beef supply chain is Paul and Jessica Urban, who own Block 16, a burger restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Various detours prolonged the eastward journey; he washed dishes in an Omaha restaurant, pumped gas at an Oklahoma garage, worked a month on a ranch in Texas.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Still, Aagaard, who has heard plenty of "Omahas" from Manning over the years, isn't quite sure why the word became a social media sensation only the last couple of weeks.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2014

Aagaard credited producer Lance Barrow and announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms for the silence in the booth during Manning's calls Sunday, letting the "Omahas" speak for themselves.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2014

In all of this Manning has emerged as an unsullied exemplar of gridiron glory, a paragon who makes football’s ugliness disappear in a hail of Omahas.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2014

Prior to 1915 Cadman spent some time among the Osages and Omahas, recording their music, lecturing on it, deriving themes from it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the old days they and the Omahas and the Kansas and the Osages had lived together as Omahas, near the mouth of the Osage River in eastern Nebraska.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

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