Osama
See also: Appendix:Variations of "osama"
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ō-sä'mə
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊˈsɑːmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈsɑmə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
Proper noun
Osama
- A male given name from Arabic.
- 2016 August 17, Jeremy Courtney, “Three arguments against covert Christian ‘spycraft’”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 28 March 2017:
- 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.