Aba definition

ə-bä, äbə
A city of southern Nigeria northeast of Port Harcourt. It is an important market and transportation center.
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A loose, sleeveless robe worn by Arabs.
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A coarse fabric of wool or hair fiber with a felted finish.
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American Bar Association.
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A coarse, often striped, fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
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A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
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An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
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A fabric woven of the hair of camels or goats.
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A loose-fitting sleeveless garment made of this fabric or of wool, traditionally worn by Arabs.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of aba - Abba

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
aba
Plural:
abas

Origin of aba

  • Arabic ‘abā’

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Arabic عَبَاءَة. Compare abaya.

    From Wiktionary

Aba Sentence Examples

  • The men wear a tarbush with white roll, a black under-robe with white girdle, a short loose jacket, and when necessary an aba or parti-coloured cloak over all.

  • The choga is sometimes known by its Arabic names aba or kabd, terms applied to it when worn by priests or ulemas.

  • This war was occasioned by the violence of the Hungarian usurper, Aba Samuel, and formed Henrys principal occupation from f041 to 1045.

  • Meman women wear also the aba, or overcoat, which differs from that worn by men in that it has loose half sleeves, and fastens with two buttons at each side of the neck over the shoulders; it is embroidered on the breast, and adorned with gold lace on the skirts.

  • The last son of the Second Life is Hayye t'lithaye, the "Third Life," usually called father of the Uthre (Aba d` `Uthre, Abathur).

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