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  • An Arabic name (more accurately transliterated `Umar
    Umar (name)

    Umar is an Arabic given name, most commonly transliterated as "Omar". It is also sometimes transliterated as "Omer", "?mer" , "Omero" and "Omur"....
    ). It means "flourishing" and was the name of one of Muhammad
    Muhammad

    Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
    's companions and a controversial figure in Islamic history, future Caliph
    Caliph

    The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
     Omar ibn al-Khattab.
  • An English name of Biblical origin; it was particularly popular among the American Puritans.
  • One of many variants to Greek origin: Homer i.e Homero, Homar, Omar, Omer, and Omero. It means: security and promise. In Biblical origin means eloquent speaker.
  • A common name in Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    -speaking countries (due to the Arabic influence on Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    ).
    • Omer Joldic
      Omer Joldic

      Omer Joldic is a Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer currently playing for FK Olimpik Sarajevo.External links...
      , is a Bosnian
      Bosnian

      Bosnian may refer to:*Anything related to Bosnia or its inhabitants*Anything related to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina or its inhabitants...
       footballer currently playing for FK Olimpik Sarajevo
      FK Olimpik Sarajevo

      FK Olimpik is a football club from the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nickname vukovi or the wolves. It was founded in 1993....
      .
    • Omar ibn al-Khattab, The second Caliph
      Caliph

      The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
       of Muhammad
      Muhammad

      Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
      , the prophet
      Prophet

      In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
       of Islam
      Islam

      Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
    • Mohammed Omar
      Mohammed Omar

      Mullah Mohammed Omar often simply called Mullah Omar, is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and was Afghanistan's de facto head of state from 1996 to 2001, under the official title of Head of the Supreme Council....
      , leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan
    • Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
      Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

      Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, lead guitarist and Record producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta and the former guitarist for the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In....
      , lead guitarist and composer of The Mars Volta
      The Mars Volta

      The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock group formed in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodr?guez-L?pez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. They incorporate various influences including punk rock, jazz fusion, funk and Latin American music into their sound....
       and former guitarist of At the Drive-In
      At the Drive-In

      At the Drive-In was a seminal American rock band from El Paso, Texas, Texas, that was active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s post-hardcore scene....
    • Omar Ahmed
      Omar Ahmed

      Omar Ahmed is an amateur boxing from Kenya, who is also known as Ahmed Rajab Omari. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 1995 All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe....
      , a Kenyan boxer
    • Omar Khayyám
      Omar Khayyám

      Omar Khayyam was a Persian peoples polymath: Islamic mathematics, Iranian philosophy, Islamic astronomy and above all Persian literature.He has also become established as one of the major mathematicians and astronomers of the medieval period....
      , a medieval Persian poet and scientist
    • Omar Torrijos
      Omar Torrijos

      Omar Efra?n Torrijos Herrera was the Commander of the Panamanian Military of Panama and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981. Torrijos never held elected office in Panama, and was never president....
      , the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981
    • Omar Bradley
      Omar Bradley

      Omar Nelson Bradley Knight Commander of the Bath was one of the main United States Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army....
      , one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II
    • Omar, also known as Omar Lye-Fook
      Omar Lye-Fook

      Omar Lye-Fook , also known as Omar, is an internationally acclaimed British soul music singer, songwriter and musician. He grew up in Canterbury, Kent....
      , a British soul singer and musician, one of the founders of the Neo Soul movement of the 1990's
    • Gabriel Omar Batistuta, a former international Argentine football player
    • Omar Bravo
      Omar Bravo

      Omar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexico international football striker. He Currently Playsfor UANL Tigres on loan from spanish club Deportivo De La Coru?a as a forward....
      , an international Mexican football player
    • Omar Sivori
      Omar Sivori

      Enrique Omar S?vori was an Argentine football striker and manager. He is known for his time with the successful Juventus F.C. side during the late 1950s and early 1960s....
      , a former international Argentine and Italian football player
    • Sergio Omar Almirón
      Sergio Omar Almirón

      Sergio Omar Almir?n is a retired Argentina football striker.In his career he was played for Newell's Old Boys, Tours FC , UANL Tigres , Estudiantes de La Plata Club Atl?tico Central C?rdoba and Talleres de C?rdoba....
      , a former international Argentine football player
    • Omar Vizquel
      Omar Vizquel

      Omar Enrique Vizquel Gonzalez is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers organization. Previously, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners the Cleveland Indians and the San Francisco Giants ....
      , a Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the San Francisco Giants
      San Francisco Giants

      The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in , that currently play in the National League West. One of the oldest of the MLB teams, the Giants hold the distinction of having won the most games of any team in the history of organized sports....
    • Omar Little
      Omar Little

      Omar Devone Little is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire , portrayed by Michael K. Williams. Omar is a renowned stick-up man who lives by a strict code and never deviates from his rules, foremost of which is that he never robs or menaces people who are not involved in the drug trade....
      , a character on the HBO drama The Wire
      The Wire (TV series)

      The Wire is an United States television drama series set in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, where it was also produced. Created, Executive producer#Television, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium television cable television HBO in the United States....
    • Omar Epps
      Omar Epps

      Omar Hashim Epps is an American actor and musician. He is famous for his movies Higher Learning, Love and Basketball, In Too Deep , and The Wood, and as his small role in Scream 2....
      , an American actor
    • Omar Regan
      Omar Regan

      Omar Regan is a Muslim American actor and comedian....
      , an American actor and comedian
    • Omar Gooding
      Omar Gooding

      'Omar Gooding' is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. and the son of singer Cuba Gooding, Sr.Gooding is best known for appearing in television shows such as Hangin' with Mr....
      , an American actor
    • Omar Benson Miller
      Omar Benson Miller

      Omar Benson Miller is an American actor. He has played minor roles in various television shows and movies, including Sex, Love & Secrets, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, Get Rich or Die Tryin' , and 8 Mile ....
      , an American actor
    • Omar Mukhtar
      Omar Mukhtar

      Omar Mukhtar was from the wiktionary:tribe of Mnifa, born in a small village called Janzour located in the eastern part of Barqa. He was the leader of the resistance movement against the Kingdom of Italy colonization of Libya for more than twenty years....
      , leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya
    • Omar Osama bin Laden
      Omar Osama bin Laden

      Omar bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden better known as Omar Osama bin Laden is one of the sons of Osama bin Laden and his first wife and first cousin Najwa Ghanem, ....
      , known to be one of Osama bin Laden
      Osama bin Laden

      Osama bin Laden is a member of the prominent Saudi Arabia bin Laden family and the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, best known for the September 11 attacks on the United States....
      's children
    • Omar Pinzón
      Omar Pinzón

      Omar Andr?s Pinz?n Garc?a is a backstroke swimmer from Colombia who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country....
      , a Colombian backstroke swimmer
    • Omar Sharif
      Omar Sharif

      Omar Sharif is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He has acted in List of Egyptian films, List of French films, and English language feature films....
      , an Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor
    • Omar Samra
      Omar Samra

      Omar Samra is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest. He reached the summit at precisely 9:49am Nepal time on 17 May 2007....
      , the 1st Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
    • Omar Naber
      Omar Naber

      Omar Naber , born Omar Kareem Naber, is a Slovenian singer and songwriter. His mother is a Slovenian music teacher, his father is a Jordanian dentist....
      , a Slovenian singer
    • Don Omar
      Don Omar

      Don Omar is a Puerto Rican people-Latin Grammy Award-nominated Reggaet?n singer/rapper....
      , a Puerto-Rican reggaeton artist
  • Omar, Sulu
    Omar, Sulu

    Omar is a Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Sulu province, Philippines.It was created out of the 8 barangays of Luuk, Sulu, by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No....
    , a municipality in the Philippines
  • Omar (Deus Ex), a fictional group of cyborg
    Cyborg

    A cyborg is a cybernetic organism . The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space....
    s in the computer game Deus Ex: Invisible War
    Deus Ex: Invisible War

    Deus Ex: Invisible War is a First-person narrative computer and video game developed by Ion Storm Inc. and published by Eidos Interactive. Released simultaneously for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox video game console on December 2, 2003, the game is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Deus Ex....
    .
  • Hurricane Omar, a 2008 Atlantic hurricane.


OMAR is an acronym for:

  • Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation
    Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation

    Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation is the chief organisation in the awareness and removal of land mine in Afghanistan. It was founded in 1990 and initially operated in the western provinces of Afghanistan, it has since branched out to the rest of the country....
    , a charitable non-governmental organisation
  • Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime - a fictional shadowy OPEC
    OPEC

    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is a cartel of twelve countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela....
    -style organization found in the auto-combat videogames Vigilante 8
    Vigilante 8

    Vigilante 8 is a Vehicular combat game video game released on June 4th, 1998 in video gaming for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color....
     and Vigilante 8: Second Offense
    Vigilante 8: Second Offense

    Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense is a vehicular combat video game released for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and the Nintendo 64 on December 1st, 1999....
    .
  • Omar, Mozambique


See also:

  • Omagh
    Omagh

    Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers River Drumragh and Rive Camowen meet to form the River Strule....
  • Umar
    Umar

    Umar , also known as Umar the Great or Omar the Great was a Muslim from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh Tribes of Arabia, and a sahaba of Muhammad....
  • Umar (disambiguation)
    Umar (disambiguation)

    Umar , a variant of Omar, is an Arabic given name.Umar may also refer to:...
  • History of Spain's Arabic Past
    Al-Andalus

    Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Arab Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492....