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Ba
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of bad-ass. abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, initialism
- 1 Initialism of British Airways. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.
- 3 Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of
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- 6 Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food. Egyptian
"Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience."
- 2 Father, baba. colloquial, singular-normally
- 3 A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year. historical, singular-normally, uncountable
"The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing."
- 4 Abbreviation of bathroom. abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally
"2 beds, 1 ba"
- 5 Initialism of Bachelor of Arts. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band) Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
- 7 a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences wordnet
- 8 Initialism of business analyst. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite wordnet
- 10 Initialism of breast augmentation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of Basic Authentication. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Abbreviation of bathroom. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of bongkrek acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of breathing apparatus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Used to indicate a tentative suggestion. Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally
"I think you should go see a doctor ba."
- 2 Used to indicate confident speculation. Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally
"rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah..."
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1
The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.
From Mandarin 吧 (ba).
Borrowed from Fijian Ba.
See also for "ba"
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