Meaning of Obama | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An African surname from Luo.
2. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Wikipedia:Obama, Fukui.
3. Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017).
4. A Japanese surname.
5. A samurai clan of feudal Japan.

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Examples

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

“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.””

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