Aqaba

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Aqaba

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Akaba (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic العَقَبَة (al-ʕaqaba, literally “the obstacle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈakəbə/, enPR: ăkʹə-bə
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkəbə/, /ˈɑkəbɑ/, enPR: äʹkə-bə, äʹkə-bä
• Hyphenation: Aqa‧ba

Proper noun

Aqaba

1. A city and governorate in Jordan, on the Red Sea.

Derived terms

• aqabamycin
• Gulf of Aqaba

Translations

city in Jordan

Arabic: العَقَبَة f (al-ʕaqaba) Hijazi Arabic: العَقَبة f (al-ʕagaba) Armenian: Ակաբա (Akaba) Azerbaijani: Aqaba (az) Bulgarian: Ака́ба f (Akába) Chinese: Mandarin: 亞喀巴 / 亚喀巴 (zh) (Yàkābā, Yǎkābā) Finnish: Akaba (fi) French: Aqaba (fr) Georgian: აკაბა (aḳaba) German: Akaba (de) n Greek: Άκαμπα (el) f (Ákampa) Ancient: Βερενῑ́κη f (Berenī́kē), Αἴλανα f (Aílana), Αἴλανος ? (Aílanos) Hebrew: עַקַבָּה (he) f (ákaba) Italian: Aqaba f, Acaba (it) f Japanese: アカバ (Akaba) Korean: 아카바 (Akaba) Latin: Aelana f Persian: عقبه (fa) ('aqabe) Portuguese: Acaba f, Aqaba f, Akaba f Russian: Ака́ба (ru) f (Akába) Turkish: Akabe

Portuguese

Proper noun

Aqaba f

1. alternative spelling of Acaba