aba

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see also: Aba, ABA

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɑː/
• (America) IPA: /əˈbɑ/

Noun

aba

1. A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
2. A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
   • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:

     Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.

3. 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.

Synonyms

• abaya

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈæ.bə/

Noun

aba (plural abas)

1. An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

Noun

aba (plural abas)

1. The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.

Translations

• German: Großnilhecht

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Aba

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Proper noun

1. A city in Nigeria.

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ABA

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Proper noun

1. Initialism of Amateur Boxing Association
2. Initialism of American Bar Association
3. Initialism of American Booksellers Association

Noun

aba (uncountable)

1. Initialism of applied behavior analysis

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