Obi

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Obi can refer to:

• Obi (title), a title among the Igbo people of Nigeria
  • Obi of Onitsha, traditional ruler of Onitsha
• Obi, Igbo name for the heart/soul as well as the dwelling of the head of the household in an Igbo family's compound in Nigeria
• Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer
• Obi, sash worn with a kimono or with the uniforms used by practitioners of Japanese martial arts
• Obi Island, Java Sea, in the Java Sea
• Obi Islands, in the Moluccas
• A Swiss family name
• Obi, another form of the word Obeah
• Obi-Wan Kenobi, fictional character from the Star Wars universe
• obi strip, a piece of paper folded around the left side of a Japanese LP record, music CD or book, with the title and other information

OBI can refer to

• The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations, an international cross-domain ontology effort.
• OBI (store), a European home improvement store chain based in Germany
• obliteration by incorporation, a concept in sociology of science introduced by Robert K. Merton
• Order of British India
• Open Buying on the Internet, a standard for business-to-business purchasing over the Internet
• Oak Beach Inn

[edit] See also

• Obie