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The language spoken by the Omaha tribe
A member of the Omaha tribe
Omaha hold 'em
The largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States
A tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa
{i} Siouan people of northeastern Nebraska; member of the Omaha people
{i} city in eastern Nebraska (USA); language of the Omaha Indian people
City (pop., 2000: 390,007), eastern Nebraska, U.S., on the Missouri River, north of its junction with the Platte River. The city's name, meaning "upstream people," referred to the Omaha Indians. Omaha was founded in 1854 and incorporated as a city in 1857. In 1863 it became the starting point for the Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s first transcontinental railroad and soon grew into a centre of trade and industry. The largest city in the state, it is a major livestock and grain market, as well as a railroad, meat-packing, and insurance centre. It is home to the University of Nebraska and the Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha hold em
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha people
A game in which each player is dealt four down cards with five community cards To make your hand, you must play two cards from your hand and three from the board
largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest
Code name for one of the US Normandy beach landing areas used on D-Day, the site was between Coleville and Vierville
Omaha is a flop game similar to hold'em, but with two key differences First, each player is dealt four cards instead of just two Second, a hand must be made using exactly two pocket cards (out of those four) and three from the table That is, if four suited cards hit the table, you still need two more to make a flush And if you start with four aces, then you have a pair of aces, with little chance to improve The high-low variant of omaha, with an 8 or better qualifier for low, is especially popular
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935
A game in which each player receives 4 face-down cards and shares 5 community cards The winning hand must use exactly 2 down cards and 3 community cards This game also has a High/Low variant
Omaha is a flop game similar to hold ' em
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935 the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha people largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
(OH ma ha) At the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, this American Indian tribe was living on the plains and prairies of the present-day state of Nebraska They farmed and hunted

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Omaha hold 'em
A variant of poker where individuals each receive four private cards of which exactly two can be used to form a five-card hand, and five other cards are shared between them
Omaha Beach
beach of Normandy (France) where the D-day invasion of Allied troops took place in 1944
omaha

    Hyphenation

    O·ma·ha

    Turkish pronunciation

    ōmıhä

    Pronunciation

    /ˈōməˌhä/ /ˈoʊməˌhɑː/

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