Omaha
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a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
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a member of a North American Indian people of northeastern Nebraska.
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the Siouan language of the Omaha, mutually intelligible with Ponca.
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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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The nomination included the five D-Day beaches known by their code names: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Eighteen Americans have been quarantined for weeks at a specialized facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Winners of the super regionals advance to the College World Series in Omaha, where they will play in two double-elimination brackets with four teams apiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
The richest old man in Omaha and his handpicked successor are not predicting a crash.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Driving in St. Paul was nothing like driving in Omaha.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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
The Omahas, and all the other North American tribes, use it exactly in the same manner as the Brazilians.—Maximilian.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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