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ouma

British  
/ ˈəʊmɑː /

noun

  1. grandmother, esp in titular use with surname

  2. slang any elderly woman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ouma

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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Another mourner, David Ouma, said: "I learned from Raila is to be resilient, because Raila was always a very resilient leader through every election… he still rose to try again to try again."

From BBC

Better known as "ouma", or grandmother, Esau is determined to keep N|uu alive.

From Barron's

“By doing that, then we will have improved access to these vaccines,” Ouma said.

From Los Angeles Times

“This is a classical example of constrained access for Africa for a product, in this case, vaccines,” said Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

From Los Angeles Times

Ouma believes that if African countries had received vaccine support, the world would have been spared the outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times