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Aba
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- 1 The largest city in Abia State, Nigeria.
- 2 Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
"The main Tibetan areas in Sichuan are now designated as Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County."
- 3 a Thracian naiad nymph Greek
- 4 Initialism of American Basketball Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Initialism of Amateur Boxing Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 Initialism of American Bar Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"The rare outburst comes as the ABA is under continued attack from conservatives who question its methodology and argue that the group that has rated potential nominees for decades is biased against conservatives."
- 7 Initialism of American Booksellers Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 Initialism of American Beverage Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Energy drink manufacturers will not sell or market their energy drink products in K-12 schools, in accordance with the industry’s School Beverage Guidelines and in the ABA statement regarding the Sale of Energy Drinks in Schools."
- 1 A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. countable, uncountable
- 2 An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
- 3 An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
- 4 Initialism of applied behavior analysis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"The company has calculated that, in some states, this reduction could impact more than two-fifths of its ABA therapy provider groups in network and up to 19% of its patients in therapy."
- 5 a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair wordnet
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- 6 A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. countable, uncountable
"'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'"
- 7 Initialism of abscisic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"Rudnicki and colleagues found ABA to increase with ripening of strawberry fruits (16) and of pears (17) and during the development of apple fruits (18)."
- 8 a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs wordnet
- 9 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. countable, uncountable
- 10 Such a garment that is specific to women. countable, uncountable
"Holonym: hijab"
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya.
* From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà).
From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).
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