Aba

Aba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈbɑ/

Proper noun

Aba

  1. The largest city in Abia State, Nigeria.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑˈbɑ/
  • enPR: ä′bä′
  • Hyphenation: A‧ba

Proper noun

Aba

  1. Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • 1992, Robert Strauss, “Kham & the Sichuan Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet)‎[1], 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[2], archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Top News‎[3]:
      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[4], archived from the original on 27 May 2022[5]:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Aba.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).

Proper noun

Aba

  1. (Greek mythology) a Thracian naiad nymph

Anagrams

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Aba f (genitive Aba, plural Abas)

    1. (clothing) aba

    Declension

    Further reading

    • Aba”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[6] (in German)

    Hungarian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɒbɒ]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -bɒ
    • Hyphenation: Aba
    • Syllabification: A‧ba

    Proper noun

    Aba

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

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative Aba Abák
    accusative Abát Abákat
    dative Abának Abáknak
    instrumental Abával Abákkal
    causal-final Abáért Abákért
    translative Abává Abákká
    terminative Abáig Abákig
    essive-formal Abaként Abákként
    essive-modal
    inessive Abában Abákban
    superessive Abán Abákon
    adessive Abánál Abáknál
    illative Abába Abákba
    sublative Abára Abákra
    allative Abához Abákhoz
    elative Abából Abákból
    delative Abáról Abákról
    ablative Abától Abáktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular
    Abáé Abáké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural
    Abáéi Abákéi
    Possessive forms of Aba
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. Abám Abáim
    2nd person sing. Abád Abáid
    3rd person sing. Abája Abái
    1st person plural Abánk Abáink
    2nd person plural Abátok Abáitok
    3rd person plural Abájuk Abáik

    Latin

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation 1

    Proper noun

    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.
    Declension

    First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

    Pronunciation 2

    Proper noun

    Abā m

    1. ablative of Aba

    Turkish

    Proper noun

    Aba

    1. a female given name