Osama

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//əʊˈsɑːmə//
United States//oʊˈsɑmə//

A male given name from Arabic.

proper noun

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A male given name from Arabic.
During the hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2011, CIA operatives in Pakistan posed as aid workers and even faked an immunization campaign. To many of my Muslim friends, this CIA spycraft is no different from what covert Christian missionaries do.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).

os · Synonym of bone.OS · An Ordnance Survey map.Osaka · A placename The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Osama · A male given name from Arabic.

Osborne · An English surname transferred from the given name.oscar · A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to…Oscar · A male given name from Irish or Old English.

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