Obama — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. An African surname from Luo.

2. An African surname from Luo. Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017).

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   (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)

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   From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”

Proper noun

1. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.

2. A Japanese surname.

3. A samurai clan of feudal Japan.