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An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
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Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.
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An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.
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34th Surah of Quran.
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A surname from Arabic.
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A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana).
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Usage: uncountable
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Mackerel.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Initialism of short-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: island
History
Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā). Doublet of Sheba
Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).
Alternative form of sapa.
Borrowed from Tagalog saba.
Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
