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Oma

//oʊ.mɑ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

    "Reach Wuma (Öma) in 3-4 hr (90 km) from Gerze."

  2. 2
    A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.

    "To invest in Wisconsin's transportation system, Governor Evers signed a $1.39 million contract with prime contractor Northwoods Paving of Ashland to improve US 51 in Iron County between County C in the town of Oma to Iron Street in Hurley. Work began on Monday, June 20."

  3. 3
    A female given name
Noun
  1. 1
    Grandmother, grandma.

    "My children have an oma and an OPA, so I knew that I could put in the O and the A."

  2. 2
    Initialism of opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Tibetan འོ་མ ('o ma).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Oma.

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