ABAYA

Modern Usage: ABAYA

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Pesnya Abaya (1945)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ABAYA

Subject	Topic	Quote
Women	Saudi Arabia	In public a woman is expected to wear an abaya (a black garment that covers the entire body) and also to cover her head and hair. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	The Mutawwa'in generally expect women from Arab countries, and other countries in Asia and Africa to comply more fully with Saudi customs of dress than they do Western women; nonetheless, in recent years they have instructed Western women to wear the abaya and cover their hair and face. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ABAYA

"ABAYA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABAYA" is used about 5 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 (singular)	100%	5	157,705

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

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Name Usage Frequency: ABAYA

The following table summarizes the usage of "ABAYA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Abaya	Last name	100	75,671
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ABAYA

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ABAYA": Diaz-abaya.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ABAYA

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
abaya	79
abaya burqa	4
abaya fashion	2
abaya saudi	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: ABAYA

Derivations
	Words ending with "ABAYA": kabaya. (additional references)
	Words containing "ABAYA": kabayas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ABAYA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-y"
	-2 letters: aba, aby, baa, bay.
	-3 letters: aa, ab, ay, ba, by, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-y"
	+1 letter: kabaya.
	+2 letters: kabayas.
	+3 letters: capybara, dahabiya, galabiya.
	+4 letters: availably, breakaway, capybaras, dahabiyas, galabiyas, guayabera, jambalaya, palatably.
	+5 letters: analyzable, breakaways, breaksaway, guayaberas, jambalayas, manageably.
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