Standard Lemma guide

juba

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: JH UW1 B AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name from Latin, notably borne by kings of Numidia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Jubba, a river in Ethiopia and Somalia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The capital city of South Sudan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin Juba, variant of Iuba.

From Somali Jubba.

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Afrikaans: Joeba — capital of South Sudan
  • Albanian: Xhuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Amharic: ጁባ (ǧuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Arabic: جُوبَا (jūbā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Juba Arabic: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Armenian: Ջուբա (J̌uba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Azerbaijani: Cuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Belarusian: Джу́ба (Džúba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Bengali: জুবা (juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Bulgarian: Джу́ба (Džúba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Burmese: ဂျူဘာမြို့ (gyubhamrui.) — capital of South Sudan
  • Catalan: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Chinese Cantonese: 朱巴 (zyu1 baa1) — capital of South Sudan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朱巴 (Zhūbā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Czech: Džuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Danish: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Dinka: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Dutch: Djoeba — capital of South Sudan
  • Dutch: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Esperanto: Ĵubo — capital of South Sudan
  • Esperanto: Ĝubo — capital of South Sudan
  • Estonian: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Finnish: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • French: Djouba — capital of South Sudan
  • Galician: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Georgian: ჯუბა (ǯuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • German: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Greek: Τζούμπα (Tzoúmpa) — capital of South Sudan
  • Hebrew: ג׳וּבָּה (juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Hindi: जुबा (jubā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Hungarian: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Icelandic: Júba — capital of South Sudan
  • Indonesian: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Irish: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Italian: Giuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Japanese: ジュバ (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Kazakh: Джуба (Djuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Kazakh: Жуба (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Khmer: ជូបា (cuubaa) — capital of South Sudan
  • Korean: 주바 (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Northern Kurdish: Cuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Kyrgyz: Джуба (Djuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Kyrgyz: Жуба (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Lao: ຈູບາ (chū bā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Latvian: Džūba — capital of South Sudan
  • Lithuanian: Džuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Macedonian: Џуба (Džuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Malay: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Maltese: Ġuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Marathi: जुबा (jubā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Mongolian: Жуба (Žuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Pashto: جوبا (jubā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Persian: جوبا (jubâ) — capital of South Sudan
  • Polish: Dżuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Portuguese: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Romanian: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Russian: Джу́ба (Džúba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Џуба — capital of South Sudan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Džuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Slovak: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Slovak: Džúbá — capital of South Sudan
  • Slovene: Džuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Spanish: Yuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Swedish: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Tagalog: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Tajik: Ҷуба (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Tamil: ஜூபா (jūpā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Tamil: யூபா (yūpā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Tatar: Джуба (Djuba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Tatar: Жуба (Juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Thai: จูบา (juu-baa) — capital of South Sudan
  • Turkish: Cuba — capital of South Sudan
  • Turkmen: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Ukrainian: Джу́ба (Džúba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Urdu: جوبا (jubā) — capital of South Sudan
  • Uyghur: جۇبا (juba) — capital of South Sudan
  • Uzbek: Juba — capital of South Sudan
  • Vietnamese: Giu ba — capital of South Sudan
  • Yiddish: דזשובאַ (dzhuba) — capital of South Sudan