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Aba
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aba
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 / 阿坝 (Ābà).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aba
- Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 1992, Robert Strauss, “Kham & the Sichuan Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 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, archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Top News:
- 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, archived from the original on 27 May 2022:
- 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
Anagrams
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
Aba f (genitive Aba, plural Abas)
Declension
Declension of Aba [feminine]
Further reading
- “Aba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aba
- a male given name
- a town in Fejér County, Hungary
Declension
Latin
Etymology
Via Ancient Greek Ἄβος (Ábos), given in Strabo, from an unknown source.
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ba]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ba]
Proper noun
Aba m sg (genitive Abae); first declension
- 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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.baː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ba]
Proper noun
Abā m
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Turkish
Proper noun
Aba
- a female given name
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