Omaha
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Several groups, places and things use the name Omaha:
- The Omaha (tribe), a Native American tribe residing in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
- Omaha, Nebraska, the core city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
- Omaha, Georgia
- Omaha, Illinois
- Omaha, Texas
- Omaha, Arkansas
- Omaha Beach, the Allied code name for one of the June 6, 1944 Battle of Normandy landing sites.
- Omaha Flats, a locality in the Rodney District of New Zealand: the Māori name Omaha in this context means "place of pleasure".
- Omaha hold 'em, a community-card poker variant.
- Omaha (horse), winner of the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1935.
- Omaha the Cat Dancer, a graphic novel.
- "Omaha", a Counting Crows song.
- Omaha Steaks, a meat retailer.
- Omaha kinship, a patrilineal kinship system.
- The first Omaha, an Algoma-class sloop, served in the last decades of the 19th century.
- The second Omaha (CL-4), the lead ship of the Omaha-class of light cruiser, served during World War II.
- The third Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, served during the last years of the Cold War.
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