aba

or ab·ba

[ uh-bah, ah-buh ]

/ əË?bÉ‘, Ë?É‘ bÉ™ /

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noun

a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.

a loose, sleeveless outer garment made of this fabric or of silk, worn by Arabs.

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Also called aÂ·baÂ·ya

[uh-bey-yuh] /É™Ë?beÉª yÉ™/ .

Origin of aba

First recorded in 1805â€“15; from Arabic Ê¿abÄ?'(ah)

Words nearby aba

A.A.U.P., A.A.U.W., AAVE, A-axis, Ab, aba, abac, abaca, abaciscus, abacist, aback

Other definitions for aba (2 of 3)

Aba

[ ah-bah ]

/ É‘Ë?bÉ‘ /

noun

a town in SE Nigeria.

Other definitions for aba (3 of 3)

ABA

or A.B.A.

Amateur Boxing Association.

American Badminton Association.

American Bankers Association.

American Bar Association.

American Basketball Association.

American Book Award.

American Booksellers Association.

Associate in Business Administration.

How to use aba in a sentence

In the 1990s, the same ABA filed suit against Barnes & Noble and Borders for similar practices.
Amazon Is NOT the Vladimir Putin of the Publishing World|Nick Gillespie|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ABA declined to comment on its PAC giving for this story.
Tea Party Donors Push Back|Patricia Murphy|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But if Keating is frustrated with Congress, in some ways he is just getting the government the ABA has paid for.
Tea Party Donors Push Back|Patricia Murphy|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The ABA noted that the Purdue research was technically published as an opinion piece, not a scientific study.
There Are Dangers in Drinking Diet Soda|Eliza Shapiro|July 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For that fall, ABA-accredited law schools chose among 71,755 applicants--and there were only 173 accredited schools that year.
Law School Enrollments are Plummeting. What Happens Next?|Megan McArdle|January 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Or perhaps ga-ba-ntu (afterwards a-ba-, aba-); the form gabantu is actually met with in Zulu-Kaffir: also gumuntu.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
As vainly, Matr Nassar 371 covered his proteges with his aba 372 thus making them part of his own family.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright
Only one survived, named Thal'aba, and Abdaldar was appointed by lot to find him out and kill him.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Ang aba guinoo Ma Aba guinoo Maria ma toua cana, napopono ca nang graÃ§ia.
Doctrina Christiana|Anonymous
Aba ycao ngÌ?a ang tinatauag namin pinapapanao na tauo anac ni Gua.
Doctrina Christiana|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for aba (1 of 2)

aba

/ (Ë?Ã¦bÉ™) /

noun

a type of cloth from Syria, made of goat hair or camel hair

a sleeveless outer garment of such cloth

Word Origin for aba

from Arabic

British Dictionary definitions for aba (2 of 2)

ABA

abbreviation for

(in Britain) Amateur Boxing Association

American Booksellers Association

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