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Definition: Bata |
BataNoun1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BATA | English | Bakery Allied Traders Association | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Alternative: Bat
Bata is also a term for Irish stick fighting.
Batá drums are a Caribbean musical instrument.
Bata is also the main city of the Rio Muni region of Equatorial Guinea.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bata."
| Synonyms by domain: Bakery Allied Traders Association (business), British Air Transport Association (transportation). |
Crosswords: Bata |
| Non-English Usage: "Bata" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Cebuano (baby), Indonesian (brick, briquet, concrete brick), Portuguese (bathrobe, morning newspaper, overall, smock, smock frock, wrapper), Scottish (cudgel, staff), Spanish (coat, dressing gown, négligé, negligee, overalls, peignoir, undress, wrapper). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Amada Bata (1964) May dalawang bata Kahapon (1999) Bata Qeqia (1978) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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References | |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Many local and foreign manufactures have developed their own retail chains, e.g. bata, Ecco, Gino Rossi, Sergio Rossi, Pollini, Salamander, But Hala, Gabor and Kazar. (references) | |
Several well known brands are present in Poland, mostly from Italian, German and French manufacturers (e.g. bata, Salamander, Sergio Rossi, Armando Pollini, Charles Jourdan, Romano Mazzante, Fratelli Rossetti, Colette, Galizio, Toressi, Gianrico Meri, Paul Tissi, Marino Fabiani, Guliano Venzani, Scholl, Hogl, Gabor, Lloyd, Rieker, Helix, Remonte, Dorndorf and others). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | During the year, the Government permitted the independent opposition CPDS party to hold a party congress in Bata. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Television Asonga, owned by President Obiang and run by his son in coordination with Radio Asonga, broadcasts by cable only in Bata. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | The Government closed Radio Asonga's stations in both Bata and Malabo, as well as the television station that is incorporated into the Bata radio station. (references) | |
Economic History | Equatorial Guinea | Bata on the mainland is somewhat drier and cooler. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | On the mainland the largest city, Bata, still has regular blackouts. (references) | |
Eq. Guinea | About 25 percent of the population live in Malabo (45,000 inhabitants) and Bata (60,000 inhabitants). (references) | |
Human Rights | Equatorial Guinea | Francisco Mba Obiang, CPDS representative in Akurenam, was detained allegedly in Bata. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | For example, the CNDH found the prison in Bata to be in an advanced stage of deterioration and unfit for human habitation. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | After receiving orders from their superiors, authorities detained Teodoro Abeso Nguema and Juan Obiang Late in November 1999 at the Bata prison. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | Both operate only two branches in the country (one in Malabo, the other in Bata). (references) |
Travel | Eq. Guinea | Some car rentals are available in Malabo and Bata, and taxicabs can be hired. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | Villas and houses are available for rent in most towns in Equatorial Guinea but difficult to find in Bata. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bata" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bata" is used about 2 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Chile | Bata Chile S.A. | India | Bata India Limited |
| Indonesia | Sepatu Bata Tbk. P.T. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bata | 144 |
bata shoes | 52 |
bata shoes museum | 30 |
bata fish | 26 |
bata equatorial guinea | 18 |
bata boot | 14 |
bata pitching machine | 12 |
bata drum | 12 |
bata msn | 9 |
bata messenger msn | 7 |
bata canada | 6 |
bata opportunity | 6 |
bata shoes store | 6 |
bata company shoes | 5 |
bantay bata | 4 |
bata papo | 4 |
bata mirkovic | 4 |
bata zdravkovic | 4 |
illic bata | 3 |
bata ecuatorial guinea | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Bata": albata. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Bata": abatable, albatas, combatant, combatants, debatable, noncombatant, noncombatants, undebatable, undebatably. (additional references) | |
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"Bata" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aata, Badak, Baea, Bafa, Baga, Baitha, Balta, Baltay, Bartal, Bartra, Basha, Batac, Batak, batal, Batala, batau, batay, Batham, Bathan, Bati, Batov, Batra, Batta, Batum, Batut, Bavay, Bawa, Bhagat, Bhartia, Bhatia, Bifa, Bista, Bitat, Bitta, Bixa, Blaga, Blaha, Blatta, Bota, Botia, Botna, Btca, Buato, Bukta, Buta, Bwaa, bwta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-t" | |
-1 letter: aba, baa, bat, tab. | |
-2 letters: aa, ab, at, ba, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-t" | |
+1 letter: abaft, abate, rabat, tabla. | |
+2 letters: abated, abater, abates, abatis, abator, ablate, ablaut, abwatt, albata, atabal, balata, bantam, baryta, basalt, bateau, batman, bemata, bhakta, rabato, rabats, ratbag, sabbat, tabard, tablas, tambac, tambak. | |
+3 letters: abaters, abating, abators, abattis, abettal, abeyant, ablated, ablates, ablauts, abreact, abreast, abstain, abuttal, abwatts, acrobat, actable, airboat, albatas, antbear, atabals, attaboy, babysat, baccate, balatas, ballast, bantams, barbate, barytas, basalts, basmati, bastard, bateaux, bathmat, bathyal, batsman, batteau, bearcat, bhaktas, blatant, boatman, cabaret, catawba, catboat, datable, eatable, fatback, gabbart, habitan, habitat, hatable, hatband, labiate, lambast, mastaba, rabatos, ratable, ratably, ratbags, sabaton, sabbath, sabbats, saxtuba, subtaxa, tabanid, tabards, tabaret, tableau, tabular, takable, tamable, tambacs, tambaks, tambala, tambura, tanbark, taxable, taxably, taxicab. | |
+4 letters: abatable, abatises, abattoir, abbatial, abdicate, aberrant, abettals, ablating, ablation, ablative, ablegate, abnegate, aboiteau, abradant, abreacts, abrogate, absonant, abstains, abstract, abundant, abuttals, acerbate, acrobats, agitable, airboats, alphabet, ambulant, ambulate, anabatic, antbears, antibias, arbalest, arbalist, arbitral, arboreta, arbutean, atonable, aubretia, aubrieta, autobahn, baccarat, baccated, bacchant, backbeat, backcast, backchat, backdate, backseat, backstab, backstay, backtalk, bacteria, bakemeat, baldpate, ballasts, ballista, banality, bangtail, baptisia, barathea, barbital, bareboat, barrater, barrator, barratry, bartisan, bartizan, basaltes, basaltic, basmatis, bastards, bastardy, bathmats, battalia, batteaux, bearcats, beatable, betrayal, blastema, blastoma, blastula, blatancy, boatable, boatload, boatsman, boatyard, botanica, bracteal, braggart, brantail, brassart, bregmata, cabalist, cabarets, cabotage, cabresta, cabretta, cabstand, cartable, castable, catacomb, catawbas, catboats, crabmeat, databank, database, dateable, deadbeat, eatables, entameba, faltboat, fastback, fastball, fatbacks, flatboat, gabbarts, gadabout, glabrate, habitans, habitant, habitats, habitual, hatbands, hateable, heatable, jailbait, labiated, labiates, lambaste, lambasts, layabout, makebate, marabout, mastabah, mastabas, meatball, rambutan, rateable, rateably, ratsbane, rubaiyat, rutabaga, sabatons, sabbaths, sabbatic, sabotage, sailboat, satiable, satiably, saxtubas, scatback, statable, tabanids, tabarded, tabarets, tableaus, tableaux, tabulate, tagboard, tailback, takeable, talkable, tambalas, tamboura, tamburas, tameable, tanbarks, tannable, tastable, taxables, taxicabs, teaboard, tearable, trabeate, tradable, trapball, unabated, wastable, zaibatsu. | |
+5 letters: abasement, abashment, abatement, abattises, abattoirs, abdicated, abdicates, abdicator, aberrants, aberrated, ablations, ablatives, ablegates, abnegated, abnegates, abnegator, aboiteaus, aboiteaux, abominate, abradants, abreacted, abrogated, abrogates, absorbant, abstained, abstainer, abstracts, acerbated, acerbates, acetabula, acrobatic, adaptable, adiabatic, adoptable, adsorbate, adumbrate, aerobatic, alabaster, albatross, alphabets, alterable, alterably, ambulated, ambulates, antiblack, antilabor, antiurban, approbate, arability, arbalests, arbalists, arbitrage, arbitrary, arbitrate, ascorbate, astrolabe, aubretias, aubrietas, auditable, autobahns, baccarats, bacchante, bacchants, backbeats, backcasts, backchats, backdated, backdates, backseats, backstabs, backstage, backstays, backtalks, backtrack, backwater, bacterial, bacterias, bagatelle, bakemeats, baldpates, balladist, ballasted, ballistae, bandstand, bangtails, baptisias, baptismal, baratheas, barbarity, barbitals, bareboats, baritonal, barraters, barrators, bartisans, bartizans, basipetal, bastardly, bastinade, bastinado, bathwater, battalias, battalion, beanstalk, betrayals, bicoastal, bilabiate, bilateral, bivariate, blacktail, blastemal, blastemas, blastomas, blastulae, blastulas, blatantly, boatloads, boatswain, boatyards, botanical, botanicas, brachiate, bracteate, braggarts, brantails, brassarts, breakfast, broadcast, broadtail, cabaletta, cabalists, cabotages, cabrestas, cabrettas, cabstands, calibrate, cantabile, capablest, carbamate, carbonate, carpetbag, catabolic, catacombs, catchable, combatant, crabmeats, dartboard, databanks, databases, deadbeats, debatable, dilatable, draftable, elaborate, entamebae, entamebas, entamoeba, exactable, fabricant, fabricate, faltboats, fastbacks, fastballs, fatigable, fibromata, flatboats, gadabouts, getatable, grantable, habitable, habitably, habitants, habituate, hatchable, hatchback, heartbeat, katabatic, lambasted, lambastes, layabouts, locatable, makebates, marabouts, mastabahs, matambala, matchable, meatballs, palatable, palatably, plantable, rabbinate, rambutans, ratsbanes, relatable, rotatable, rutabagas, sabbatics, sabotaged, sabotages, sailboats, sandblast, saturable, sauceboat, scatbacks, stableman, stackable, stageable, stainable, starboard, stateable, stealable, steamboat, substrata, sweatband, tablature, tableland, tablemate, tableware, tabulated, tabulates, tabulator, tackboard, tagboards, tailbacks, tailboard, tambouras, teaboards, teachable, teachably, trabeated, trabecula, traceable, trackball, tractable, tractably, tradeable, trainable, trainband, trapballs, treatable, twayblade, unactable, uneatable, untamable, waistband, walkabout, watchable, watchband, whaleboat. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 74 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- - .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a t a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0074 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36678667 |
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