Osama

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Osama

/əʊˈsɑːmə/ UK
/oʊˈsɑmə/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːmə

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Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).

proper noun Usama

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: usama, ladin, osaka, laden, barack, omar, omari, said, bashar, muammar, saddam, saad, ramadan, jamal, amirul, hashim

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"Osama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/osama. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Osama. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/osama

Chicago

"Osama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/osama.

BibTeX

@misc{osama_2026,
  title = {Osama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/osama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}