name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
bata
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name
Meaning 2
A city in Litoral, Equatorial Guinea; the largest city in Equatorial Guinea.
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name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Bay Area Toll Authority.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: road, transport
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noun
Meaning 4
A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
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noun
Meaning 5
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Biu-Mandara
History
Etymology
Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Bata, a patronymic surname. * Borrowed from Czech Baťa, a nickname for a good-natured man. * Borrowed from Tagalog Bata, a nickname from bata (“child”). * Borrowed from Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa, “duck”), probably used as a nickname.
Borrowed from Spanish Bata.
From Yoruba bàtá.