Omar

[oh-mahr]

noun

1. a male given name.

Omar

/ ˈəʊmɑː /

noun

1. died 644 _ad , the second caliph of Islam (634–44). During his reign Islamic armies conquered Syria and Mesopotamia: murdered

Example Sentences

Omar Yaghi, an immigrant from Jordan, shared the prize in chemistry with an Australian and a Japanese national.

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Top drugmakers are competing to acquire the best biotech startups, said Omar Khalil, a managing director with Santé Ventures.

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Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture called metal-organic frameworks that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyze chemical reactions.

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The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers.

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It was this central location, off the main Omar al-Mukhtar street, that put the Skeik building in the path of Israeli tanks during the first months of the war.

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