Omaha

[oh-muh-haw, -hah]

noun

plural

Omahas ,

plural

Omaha .

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.

Omaha

/ 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)

Omaha

1. Largest city in Nebraska.

Example Sentences

The author was born in Omaha to Haitian immigrant parents, though Gay stresses that her path “wasn’t particularly difficult in that I grew up middle class and then upper middle class.”

From Los Angeles Times

City officials said the summit, which included representatives from local elected officials offices as well as railroad officials from Omaha and Denver, marked “a new milestone in the slow but steady process.”

From Los Angeles Times

This week, the New York Times reported that a once-thriving meat processing plant in Omaha, Nebraska, had lost the majority of its workforce, resulting in a 70% drop in production.

From Salon

Arenas allegedly responded that he “might throw plo games at my house,” referring to illegal “Pot Limit Omaha” poker games at the “Gable House.”

From Los Angeles Times

The new company would be called Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad and have its headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

From BBC