Aba

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈbɑ/

Aba

1. The largest city in Abia State, Nigeria.

• Aba North
• Aba South

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩／阿坝 (Ābà).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑˈbɑ/

Aba

1. Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • [1976, Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], number 128-148, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     In Apa Prefecture, two-thirds of the cadres are of minority nationalities and many of the leading cadres were poor peasants or herdsmen before liberation.]

   • 1992, Robert Strauss, “Kham & the Sichuan Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet)‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1:

     The main Tibetan areas in Sichuan are now designated as Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County.

   • 2011 April 22, Michael Martina, Sally Huang, “China bans foreigners from restive Tibetan areas”, in Ben Blanchard, Ken Wills, Yoko Nishikawa, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Top News‎^[4]:

     The notice, issued by provincial public security authorities, said foreigners were prohibited from entering the Tibetan populated prefecture of Ganzi and several counties in neighboring Aba prefecture.

   • 2013 February 26, “Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 May 2022‎^[6]:

     Last week, two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on fire in a double self-immolation in Aba prefecture, Tibet rights advocacy groups said. Seventeen-year-old Richen and his childhood friend Sonam Dargye, 18, were among the youngest to have died in the fiery protests.

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From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).

Aba

1. (Greek mythology) a Thracian naiad nymph

• AAB, BAA, baa

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).

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Aba f (genitive Aba, plural Abas)

1. (clothing) aba

• “Aba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒbɒ]

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• Hyphenation: Aba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

Aba

1. a male given name
2. A town in Fejér County, Hungary.

Via Ancient Greek Ἄβος (Ábos), given in Strabo, from an unknown source.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba/, [ˈäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba/, [ˈäːbä]

Aba m sg (genitive Abae); first declension

1. A mountain in classical Armenia, said to be the source of the Euphrates and Araxes (Araks) rivers, probably Bingöl Dağı in modern Turkey.

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.baː/, [ˈäbäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba/, [ˈäːbä]

Abā m

1. ablative of Aba

Aba

1. a female given name