Omaha

[ oh-muh-haw, -hah ]

/ ˈoʊ məˌhɔ, -ˌhɑ /

noun, plural O·ma·has, (especially collectively) O·ma·ha for 2.

a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.

a member of a North American Indian people of northeastern Nebraska.

the Siouan language of the Omaha, mutually intelligible with Ponca.

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.

Example sentences from the Web for omaha

In any case, that the American demo teams failed at Omaha because of heavy casualties is a fact.

Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day |James Jones |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Along with all the others, an Anglo-American controversy (still unresolved today) grew up out of this matter of Omaha.

Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day |James Jones |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But at midnight the deepest penetration on Omaha was barely more than a mile.

Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day |James Jones |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Three thousand alone fell in the near-disaster on Omaha—more than on all the other beaches combined.

D-Day Was The Largest And One Of The Bloodiest Invasions In History |James A. Warren |June 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Above the cliffs at Omaha Beach is the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, beautifully landscaped by Markely Stevenson.

The Deadly Trap Behind D-Day’s Beaches |Clive Irving |June 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On every one of these commodities the rate to Lincoln remained steadily higher than to Omaha, regardless of the source of supply.

Railroads: Rates and Regulations |William Z. Ripley
The omission hurt Kate, for they had talked much of what they would do and see when they reached Omaha.

The Fighting Shepherdess |Caroline Lockhart
We play this Union Pacific right through to Omaha and thence back home by direct rails.

David Lannarck, Midget |George S. Harney
On December 21, 1901, she was discharged as not insane and returned to Omaha, where she had lived for a time.

Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World |Clifton R. Wooldridge
As we saw in our last chapter, ground was broken at Omaha, December 2nd, 1863.

The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad |W. F. Bailey.

British Dictionary definitions for omaha

Omaha

/ (ˈəʊməˌhɑː) /

noun

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)

Cultural definitions for omaha

Omaha

[ (oh-muh-haw, oh-muh-hah) ]

Largest city in Nebraska.

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Omaha

noun, plural O·ma·has, (especially collectively) O·ma·ha for 2.

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