name
Meaning 1
The largest city in Abia State, Nigeria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
aba
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɑˈbɑ/
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/ˈɑˈbɑ/
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ä′bä′
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbɑː/
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General-American: /əˈbɑ/
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rhymes with (General American) -ɑ
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US: /ˈæ.bə/
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name
Meaning 2
Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
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name
Meaning 3
a Thracian naiad nymph
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Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 4
Initialism of American Basketball Association.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 5
Initialism of Amateur Boxing Association.
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name
Meaning 6
Initialism of American Bar Association.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 7
Initialism of American Booksellers Association.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 8
Initialism of American Beverage Association.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 9
A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
Such a garment that is specific to women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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- Holonym: hijab
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noun
Meaning 13
An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
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noun
Meaning 14
An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
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noun
Meaning 15
Initialism of applied behavior analysis.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
Initialism of abscisic acid.
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noun
Meaning 17
a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
Meaning 18
a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: overgarment, outer garment
History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà).
From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya.
* From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Marathi: आबा (ābā) — city
- Dutch: abaya — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Finnish: abaya — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Japanese: アバーヤ (abāya) — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Japanese: アバーア (abāa) — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Norwegian Bokmål: abaya — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Polish: abaja — loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk
- Finnish: nauhanorsukala — fish
- German: Großnilhecht — fish
- Mada (Nigeria): bū mə̀sər — fish