Obi

Obi may refer to:

• Obi (sash), a sash worn with a kimono or with the uniforms used by practitioners of Japanese martial arts
  • Obi (martial arts)
• Obi (store), a European home improvement store chain based in Germany
• Obi (ruler), a title among the Igbo people of Nigeria or the central building in an Igbo homestead
  • Obi of Onitsha, traditional ruler of Onitsha
• Obi, another form of the word Obeah
• Obi (publishing), an informational piece of paper or cardboard folded around or over a book or LP record, music CD, video game, or magazine, used in Japan
• Obi (band), a British indie music band from the early 2000s
• Obi Castle, a Japanese castle completed in 1588
• Obi Station, a train station in Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan
• obi, ISO 639 code for the Obispeño language, an extinct Native American language
• OBI, FAA location identifier for Woodbine Municipal Airport (New Jersey)

People:

• Obi (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
• John Obi Mikel (born 1987), Nigerian footballer also known as Mikel John Obi and John Mikel Obi
• Saint Obi (real name Obinna Nwafor), Nigerian actor and film director

Places:

• Obi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, a Local Government Area
• Obi, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Benue State
• Obi Islands, Indonesia
  • Obi (island), also called Obira, the largest of the Obi Islands
• Ob River, a river in Russia, also known as Obi
• 6669 Obi, an asteroid

OBI may refer to

• Ontology for Biomedical Investigations, an international cross-domain ontology effort
• Our Boys Institute, a junior chapter of YMCA in Adelaide, South Australia
• obliteration by incorporation, a concept in sociology of science introduced by Robert K. Merton
• Order of British India
• Operation Blessing International
• Oak Beach Inn
• Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition, software owned by Oracle Corporation
• OSS BSS Interface OSS(Operations Support Systems)-BSS(Business Support Systems) Interface - Telecoms System Management Interface
• Orion Bus Industries, formerly Ontario Bus Industries, a bus manufacturer
• Omni bearing indicator, an aircraft radio navigation instrument

See also

• Obi Obi, Queensland, Australia, a suburb of Gold Coast
• Obi-Wan Kenobi, fictional character from the Star Wars universe
• Obie (disambiguation)