Obama

Barack Obama (sense 2)

Meaning

Proper Noun

Barack Obama, 44^th president of the United States of America.
city Fukui (prefecture) Japan (country). See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
A Japanese , literally meaning 'little beach'.
A samurai clan of feudal Japan.

Origin

Corruption of by-name Luo Mobam ("born with a crooked back"), itself from Luo obam ("to lean or bend").
From Japanese 小浜.

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