Omaha
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Several groups, places and things use the name Omaha:
- The Omaha (tribe), a Native-American tribe of the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Locations in the United States:
- Omaha, Nebraska, the core city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, and the largest city in Nebraska.
- Omaha, Georgia
- Omaha, Illinois
- Omaha, Texas
- Omaha, Arkansas
In other contexts:
- 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 is a community card poker-game variant
- Omaha (horse) won the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1935
- Omaha the Cat Dancer is a graphic novel.
- "Omaha", a Counting Crows song
- Omaha Steaks
Three individual ships of the United States Navy have used the name USS Omaha in honor of the city in Nebraska.
- The first Omaha, an Algoma-class wooden-screw sloop, served in the last decades of the 19th century.
- The second Omaha (CL-4), the lead ship of her 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.