Saba
/ˈseɪ.bə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sweet grape syrup made from grape must uncountable
"Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must."
- 2 A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana). uncountable
- 3 Mackerel. uncountable
- 4 Initialism of short-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
- 1 An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela.
- 2 Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.
- 3 An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.
- 4 A surname from Arabic.
Example
More examples"In 1918, M. L. Leddy left the family cotton farm near the San Saba River in central Texas and began repairing boots and saddles for a local saddler."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Alternative form of sapa.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Tagalog saba.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.
Etymology 4
Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
Etymology 5
From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā). Doublet of Sheba
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).