OMAHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Omaha mean? 

• OMAHA (noun)
  The noun OMAHA has 4 senses:

1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska

2. largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest

3. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha

4. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935

  Familiarity information: OMAHA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OMAHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Maha; Omaha

Hypernyms ("Omaha" is a kind of...):

Dhegiha (any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Omaha" is a part of...):

Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Omaha" is a kind of...):

Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Instance hypernyms:

thoroughbred (a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares)

 Context examples 

And that was the last any of them ever saw of Oz, the Wonderful Wizard, though he may have reached Omaha safely, and be there now, for all we know.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I was born in Omaha—

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)