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Aba

Definitions: Aba

Aba

Noun

1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs.

2. A fabric woven from goat and camel hair.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aba" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Aba

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

American Bankers Association. (references)
 American Bakers Association. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Aba

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Aba. (1) A form of altazimuth instrument, invented by, and Cabled after, Antoine d'Abbadie; (2) a rough homespun manufactured in Bulgaria (3) a long coarse shirt worn by the Bedouin Arabs. Portions of this article are based on an article from a 1911 Encyclopedia. Aba is a city in south-eastern Nigeria. The capital of the short-lived secessionist state of Biafra was moved to Aba from Enugu as Nigerian troops advanced into Biafra. The city of Aba has a population of about 257,300 (1990 est.).

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aba."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Aba

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

ABA

DutchAfzonderlijk basisareaalFood & Agriculture

ABA

EnglishAmerican Booksellers AssociationN/A

ABA

Spanishácido abcsísicoBiology & Biotechnology

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Aba

English words defined with "aba": ABA transit numberterza rima. (references)
Specialty definitions using "aba": ABA numbertransit number. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Aba" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (basque, brim, coast, edge, flap, foot, lap, lappet, lip, rim, shoulder, tab, tail), Romanian (baize, flushing, frieze), Scottish (abbot), Serbo-Croatian (aba, abb).

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Commercial Usage: Aba

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Birder's Guide to Florida (Lane Aba Birdfinding Guides Series #175) (reference)

  • ABA LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2003 (reference)

  • Aba Standards for Criminal Justice Sentencing (reference)

  • Law Schools 2003: Updated Profiles of 187 Aba (American Bar Asscoiation)-Accredited Law Schools (Peterson's Law Schools, 2003) (reference)

  • When Everybody Cares: Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aba

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Recently, ABA programs have broadened their scope to include interventions for use before or between episodes of problem behaviors, in addition to interventions that are useful during or after these episodes. (references)

By showing children or adults with autism how to handle things like a change in schedule, furniture that has been moved, and meeting new people, ABA can reduce the chances that these situations will trigger problem behaviors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

ABA was the country's CNN distributor and held rebroadcasting rights for a number of Russian channels as well. (references)

Azerbaijan

In 2000 the government temporarily shut down the independent ABA television station over tax issues and took the station to court. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Aba

"Aba" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.17% of the time. "Aba" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)79.17%3855,818
Noun (proper)14.58%7133,076
Noun (common)4.17%2245,945
Unclassified Items2.08%1339,140
                    Total100.00%48N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Aba


1. Aba , Nigeria
Location: 5.06 North, 7.21 East
Population (2000 estimate): 319965
Time Zone: 1 GMT
Country: Nigeria

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Expression: Aba

Expression using "aba": aba transit number. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "aba": Kai-n-tiku-aba.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aba

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

aba

1,027

aba basketball

89

aba bmx

78

aba numbers

69

aba throwback jersey

47

aba jersey

42

aba routing number

39

aba routing numbers

34

aba picture

32

aba nigeria

30
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Aba

Language Translations for "aba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

پارچه عباءی , مقیاس اندازه گیری عرض جغرافیاءی , عبا (Cloak). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abaay.(various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

aba (abb). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Aba

Derivations

Words beginning with "aba": abaca, abacas, abaci, aback, abacterial, abacus, abacuses, abaft, abaka, abakas, abalone, abalones, abamp, abampere, abamperes, abamps, abandon, abandoned, abandoner, abandoners, abandoning, abandonment, abandonments, abandons, abapical, abas, abase, abased, abasedly, abasement, abasements, abaser, abasers, abases, abash, abashed, abashes, abashing, abashment, abashments, abasia, abasias, abasing, abatable, abate, abated, abatement, abatements, abater, abaters, abates, abating, abatis, abatises, abator, abators, abattis, abattises, abattoir, abattoirs, abaxial, abaxile. (additional references)

Words ending with "aba": baba, casaba, cassaba, djellaba, indaba, jaboticaba, jellaba, mastaba, piasaba, piassaba. (additional references)

Words containing "aba": adiabatic, adiabatically, alabaster, alabasters, alabastrine, anabaena, anabaenas, anabaptism, anabaptisms, anabas, anabases, anabasis, anabatic, atabal, atabals, babas, babassu, babassus, bouillabaisse, bouillabaisses, cabal, cabala, cabalas, cabaletta, cabalettas, cabalism, cabalisms, cabalist, cabalistic, cabalists, caballed, caballero, caballeros, caballing, cabals, cabana, cabanas, cabaret, cabarets, calabash, calabashes, carabao, carabaos, casabas, cassabas, charabanc, charabancs, cinnabar, cinnabarine, cinnabars, contraband, contrabandist, contrabandists, contrabands, contrabass, contrabasses, contrabassist, contrabassists, contrabassoon, contrabassoons, databank, databanks, database, databases, diabase, diabases, diabasic, djellabah, djellabahs, djellabas, fleabag, fleabags, fleabane, fleabanes, gabardine, gabardines, habanera, habaneras, huckaback, huckabacks, hullabaloo, hullabaloos, indabas, interabang, interabangs, jaboticabas, jellabas, kabab, kababs, kabaka, kabakas, kabala, kabalas, kabar, kabars, kabaya, kabayas, katabatic, labanotation, labanotations, labara, labarum, labarums, maccabaw, maccabaws, mastabah, mastabahs, mastabas, megabar, megabars, nonadiabatic, ouabain, ouabains, piasabas, piassabas, pickaback, pickabacked, pickabacking, pickabacks, rabat, rabato, rabatos, rabats, rutabaga, rutabagas, sabadilla, sabadillas, sabaton, sabatons, sabayon, sabayons, saraband, sarabande, sarabandes, sarabands, scarabaei, scarabaeus, scarabaeuses, seabag, seabags, syllabaries, syllabary, tabanid, tabanids, tabard, tabarded, tabards, tabaret, tabarets, ultrabasic, ultrabasics, unabashed, unabashedly, unabated, unabatedly, usquabae, usquabaes, zabaglione, zabagliones, zabaione, zabaiones, zabajone, zabajones. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Aba

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: baa.

Words within the letters "a-a-b"

-1 letter: aa, ab, ba.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b"
 

+1 letter: abas, abba, alba, baal, baas, baba.

 

+2 letters: abaca, abaci, aback, abaft, abaka, abamp, abase, abash, abate, abbas, abeam, aboma, albas, ameba, baaed, baals, babas, babka, bacca, baiza, balas, balsa, banal, basal, bazar, brava, braza, bwana, cabal, gamba, kabab, kabar, labia, labra, mamba, nawab, rabat, sabra, samba, tabla.

 

+3 letters: abacas, abacus, abakas, abamps, abased, abaser, abases, abasia, abated, abater, abates, abatis, abator, abbacy, abelia, ablate, ablaut, ablaze, aboard, abolla, abomas, aboral, abrade, abroad, abulia, abwatt, airbag, albata, ambage, ambari, ambary, amebae, ameban, amebas, amoeba, anabas, arabic, arable, arroba, atabal, aubade, aucuba, baaing, baalim, baases, babkas, baccae, bacula, badass, badman, bagass, bagman, baizas, balata, balboa, ballad, balsam, balsas, banana, banian, banjax, bantam, banyan, banzai, baobab, barbal, barman, baryta, basalt, bashaw, bateau, batman, bayamo, bayard, bayman, bazaar, bazars, bemata, bhakta, bharal, biaxal, brahma, bravas, brazas, bwanas, cabala, cabals, cabana, cabman, cambia, casaba, casbah, dagoba, gambas, gambia, gasbag, gazabo, indaba, kababs, kabaka, kabala, kabars, kabaya, kanban, kasbah, labara, labial, lambda, lavabo, mambas, nawabs, rabato, rabats, ragbag, ratbag, sabbat, sabras, sambar, sambas, scarab, seabag, tabard, tablas, tambac, tambak, wasabi, zareba, zariba.

 

+4 letters: abalone, abandon, abasers, abashed, abashes, abasias, abasing, abaters, abating, abators, abattis, abaxial, abaxile, abelian, abelias, abettal, abeyant, abfarad, abigail, ablated, ablates, ablauts, abollae, abomasa, abomasi, aboulia, abraded, abrader, abrades, abreact, abreast, abroach, abrosia, abstain, abulias, abuttal, abwatts, abysmal, abyssal, acrobat, actable, addable, aerobia, affable, affably, airbags, airboat, albatas, albinal, albizia, algebra, allobar, ambages, ambaris, amboina, amboyna, ambsace, amebean, amiable, amiably, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, antbear, arabesk, arabica, arabize, arables, araroba, armband, arrobas, atabals, attaboy, aubades, aucubas, baalism, babassu, babesia, babysat, bacalao, baccara, baccate, backsaw, badland, bagasse, baggage, bahadur, baklava, baklawa, balance, balases, balatas, balboas, ballade, ballads, ballast, balneal, balsams, banally, bananas, bandage, bandaid, bandana, bandeau, bandora, banians, banksia, bantams, banyans, banzais, baobabs, barbate, barchan, bargain, barilla, barmaid, barrack, barrage, barware, barytas, basally, basalts, baseman, bashaws, basidia, basilar, basinal, basmati, bastard, bateaux, bathmat, bathyal, batsman, batteau, bayamos, bayards, bazaars, bazooka, beadman, beanbag, bearcat, bemadam, bhaktas, bharals, biaxial, bidarka, bisnaga, biznaga, blatant, boatman, bonanza, brachia, bradawl, brahmas, bravado, bravura, broadax, cabalas, cabanas, cabaret, cabbage, cabbala, cabomba, cambial, capable, capably, carabao, carabid, carabin, caramba, carbarn, carbora, casabas, casbahs, cassaba, catawba, catboat, copaiba, dagobas, datable, diabase, drawbar, eatable, fabliau, fabular, fadable, falbala, fatback, fleabag, gabbard, gabbart, galabia, gambade, gambado, gambias, garbage, gasbags, gazabos, habitan, habitat, handbag, hatable, hatband, ikebana, indabas, jambeau, jellaba, kabakas, kabalas, kabayas, kabbala, kalimba, kanbans, kasbahs, labarum, labella, labials, labiate, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, macaber, macabre, macumba, mailbag, makable, mangaby, marabou, marimba, mastaba, megabar, namable, ouabain, pabular, palabra, parable, payable, payably, payback, piasaba, rabatos, ragbags, rasbora, ratable, ratably, ratbags, sabaton, sabayon, sabbath, sabbats, salable, salably, sambaed, sambars, sambhar, sambuca, sandbag, sandbar, sanddab, sassaby, savable, saxtuba, sayable, scarabs, seabags, subadar, subalar, subarea, subtaxa, tabanid, tabards, tabaret, tableau, tabular, takable, tamable, tambacs, tambaks, tambala, tambura, tanbark, taxable, taxably, taxicab, wadable, wallaby, wannabe, wasabis, zarebas, zareeba, zaribas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Aba


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 62 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#98 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0062 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

356867

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Cities
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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