Obama (disambiguation) November 21, 2008

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Barack Obama (born 1961) is an Illinois senator and the president-elect of the United States.

Obama may also refer to:

 

Locations

• Obama, Fukui, a city in Japan
• Obama, Nagasaki, a former town in Japan
  • Obama Onsen, an onsen (hot spring) located in Obama, Nagasaki
• Obama Domain, a feudal domain in Edo-period Japan
• Obama Castle (Fukui), the castle from which the Obama Domain was governed
• Obama Castle (Mutsu), a mountain castle in the former Mutsu Province in Japan

 

Surnames

• Obama, an African (Luo) surname
• Obama (小浜), a Japanese surname meaning literally meaning “Little Beach”
• Obama clan (小浜氏), a samurai clan of feudal Japan

Transportation

• Obama Line, a railroad line operated by West Japan Railway Company
  • Obama Station, a train station on the Obama Line
  • Higashi-Obama Station, a train station on the Obama Line
• Obama Nishi Interchange, the terminus interchange on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway between Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

 

People

• Family of Barack Obama, an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage
• Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982), Kenyan economist and father to Barack Obama
• Michelle Obama (born 1964), wife of Barack Obama, and Vice President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals
• Sarah Obama (born 1922), paternal step-grandmother of Barack Obama
• Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
• Santiago Obama Ndong, Equatorial Guinean politician
• Obama Girl, a persona created by Amber Lee Ettinger

 

Other

• Cable TV Wakasa Obama, a cable television provider in the Ōi, Obama, Takahama, Natasho, and Wakasa areas of Fukui Prefecture, Japan

 

See also

• Ohama and Kohama for the word written with the same kanji 小浜 in Japanese, but pronounced Ohama or Kohama

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