Gaba

Gaba or GABA may refer to:

Places

• Gąba, a village in Poland
• Jaba', Haifa, a village near Mount Carmel, Israel also known as Gaba
• Jab'a, a village in the West Bank, southwest of Jerusalem, also known as Gaba
• Gaba, ancient city in what is now Tel Shush
• Gaba, a Persian city located in what is now known as Isfahan
• Gaba, a suburb of Makindye, Kampala, Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria
• Gaba railway station on the Chinese Qingzang Railway

People

Surname

• Harold Gaba (1946–2009), American businessman
• Lester Gaba (1907–1987), American sculptor, writer and retail display designer
• Marianne Gaba (1939–2016), American model
• Milan Gába (fl. 1970s–1980s), Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
• Millind Gaba (born 1990), Indian musician and celebrity
• Mo Gaba (2006–2020), American sports superfan and radio personality
• Pierre Toura Gaba (1920–1998), Chadian politician and diplomat

Given name

• Gaba Kulka (born 1979), Polish artist

Biology

• γ-Aminobutyric acid or GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system
  • GABA receptor, a proteinaceous signalling molecule

Other uses

• Gabâ or gabaa (Philippines), the concept of negative karma among the Cebuano people
• Gába, a Sami magazine of Norway
• GABA tea, commonly used name for tea passed through anoxic fermentation
• Gaba Corporation, an English conversation school in Japan
• Gabapentin, an anticonvulsant medication
• GABA International, an oral care company owned by Colgate-Palmolive

See also

• Gabba (disambiguation)
• Gabaa (disambiguation)