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Definitions: Aba |
AbaNoun1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs. 2. A fabric woven from goat and camel hair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aba" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Agriculture | American Bankers Association. (references) |
| American Bakers Association. (references) | |
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| 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 |
ABA | Dutch | Afzonderlijk basisareaal | Food & Agriculture |
ABA | English | American Booksellers Association | N/A |
ABA | Spanish | ácido abcsísico | Biology & Biotechnology |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Aba |
| English words defined with "aba": ABA transit number ♦ terza rima. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aba": ABA number ♦ transit number. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aba" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (basque, brim, coast, edge, flap, foot, lap, lappet, lip, rim, shoulder, tab, tail), Romanian (baize, flushing, frieze), Scottish (abbot), Serbo-Croatian (aba, abb). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Recently, ABA programs have broadened their scope to include interventions for use before or between episodes of problem behaviors, in addition to interventions that are useful during or after these episodes. (references) | |
By showing children or adults with autism how to handle things like a change in schedule, furniture that has been moved, and meeting new people, ABA can reduce the chances that these situations will trigger problem behaviors. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Azerbaijan | ABA was the country's CNN distributor and held rebroadcasting rights for a number of Russian channels as well. (references) |
Azerbaijan | In 2000 the government temporarily shut down the independent ABA television station over tax issues and took the station to court. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Aba" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.17% of the time. "Aba" is used about 48 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) | 79.17% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.58% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 4.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 48 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "aba": aba transit number. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "aba": Kai-n-tiku-aba. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
aba | 1,027 |
aba basketball | 89 |
aba bmx | 78 |
aba numbers | 69 |
aba throwback jersey | 47 |
aba jersey | 42 |
aba routing number | 39 |
aba routing numbers | 34 |
aba picture | 32 |
aba nigeria | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | پارچه عباءی , مقیاس اندازه گیری عرض جغرافیاءی , عبا (Cloak). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abaay.(various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aba (abb). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aba": abaca, abacas, abaci, aback, abacterial, abacus, abacuses, abaft, abaka, abakas, abalone, abalones, abamp, abampere, abamperes, abamps, abandon, abandoned, abandoner, abandoners, abandoning, abandonment, abandonments, abandons, abapical, abas, abase, abased, abasedly, abasement, abasements, abaser, abasers, abases, abash, abashed, abashes, abashing, abashment, abashments, abasia, abasias, abasing, abatable, abate, abated, abatement, abatements, abater, abaters, abates, abating, abatis, abatises, abator, abators, abattis, abattises, abattoir, abattoirs, abaxial, abaxile. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aba": baba, casaba, cassaba, djellaba, indaba, jaboticaba, jellaba, mastaba, piasaba, piassaba. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aba": adiabatic, adiabatically, alabaster, alabasters, alabastrine, anabaena, anabaenas, anabaptism, anabaptisms, anabas, anabases, anabasis, anabatic, atabal, atabals, babas, babassu, babassus, bouillabaisse, bouillabaisses, cabal, cabala, cabalas, cabaletta, cabalettas, cabalism, cabalisms, cabalist, cabalistic, cabalists, caballed, caballero, caballeros, caballing, cabals, cabana, cabanas, cabaret, cabarets, calabash, calabashes, carabao, carabaos, casabas, cassabas, charabanc, charabancs, cinnabar, cinnabarine, cinnabars, contraband, contrabandist, contrabandists, contrabands, contrabass, contrabasses, contrabassist, contrabassists, contrabassoon, contrabassoons, databank, databanks, database, databases, diabase, diabases, diabasic, djellabah, djellabahs, djellabas, fleabag, fleabags, fleabane, fleabanes, gabardine, gabardines, habanera, habaneras, huckaback, huckabacks, hullabaloo, hullabaloos, indabas, interabang, interabangs, jaboticabas, jellabas, kabab, kababs, kabaka, kabakas, kabala, kabalas, kabar, kabars, kabaya, kabayas, katabatic, labanotation, labanotations, labara, labarum, labarums, maccabaw, maccabaws, mastabah, mastabahs, mastabas, megabar, megabars, nonadiabatic, ouabain, ouabains, piasabas, piassabas, pickaback, pickabacked, pickabacking, pickabacks, rabat, rabato, rabatos, rabats, rutabaga, rutabagas, sabadilla, sabadillas, sabaton, sabatons, sabayon, sabayons, saraband, sarabande, sarabandes, sarabands, scarabaei, scarabaeus, scarabaeuses, seabag, seabags, syllabaries, syllabary, tabanid, tabanids, tabard, tabarded, tabards, tabaret, tabarets, ultrabasic, ultrabasics, unabashed, unabashedly, unabated, unabatedly, usquabae, usquabaes, zabaglione, zabagliones, zabaione, zabaiones, zabajone, zabajones. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: baa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b" | |
-1 letter: aa, ab, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b" | |
+1 letter: abas, abba, alba, baal, baas, baba. | |
+2 letters: abaca, abaci, aback, abaft, abaka, abamp, abase, abash, abate, abbas, abeam, aboma, albas, ameba, baaed, baals, babas, babka, bacca, baiza, balas, balsa, banal, basal, bazar, brava, braza, bwana, cabal, gamba, kabab, kabar, labia, labra, mamba, nawab, rabat, sabra, samba, tabla. | |
+3 letters: abacas, abacus, abakas, abamps, abased, abaser, abases, abasia, abated, abater, abates, abatis, abator, abbacy, abelia, ablate, ablaut, ablaze, aboard, abolla, abomas, aboral, abrade, abroad, abulia, abwatt, airbag, albata, ambage, ambari, ambary, amebae, ameban, amebas, amoeba, anabas, arabic, arable, arroba, atabal, aubade, aucuba, baaing, baalim, baases, babkas, baccae, bacula, badass, badman, bagass, bagman, baizas, balata, balboa, ballad, balsam, balsas, banana, banian, banjax, bantam, banyan, banzai, baobab, barbal, barman, baryta, basalt, bashaw, bateau, batman, bayamo, bayard, bayman, bazaar, bazars, bemata, bhakta, bharal, biaxal, brahma, bravas, brazas, bwanas, cabala, cabals, cabana, cabman, cambia, casaba, casbah, dagoba, gambas, gambia, gasbag, gazabo, indaba, kababs, kabaka, kabala, kabars, kabaya, kanban, kasbah, labara, labial, lambda, lavabo, mambas, nawabs, rabato, rabats, ragbag, ratbag, sabbat, sabras, sambar, sambas, scarab, seabag, tabard, tablas, tambac, tambak, wasabi, zareba, zariba. | |
+4 letters: abalone, abandon, abasers, abashed, abashes, abasias, abasing, abaters, abating, abators, abattis, abaxial, abaxile, abelian, abelias, abettal, abeyant, abfarad, abigail, ablated, ablates, ablauts, abollae, abomasa, abomasi, aboulia, abraded, abrader, abrades, abreact, abreast, abroach, abrosia, abstain, abulias, abuttal, abwatts, abysmal, abyssal, acrobat, actable, addable, aerobia, affable, affably, airbags, airboat, albatas, albinal, albizia, algebra, allobar, ambages, ambaris, amboina, amboyna, ambsace, amebean, amiable, amiably, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, antbear, arabesk, arabica, arabize, arables, araroba, armband, arrobas, atabals, attaboy, aubades, aucubas, baalism, babassu, babesia, babysat, bacalao, baccara, baccate, backsaw, badland, bagasse, baggage, bahadur, baklava, baklawa, balance, balases, balatas, balboas, ballade, ballads, ballast, balneal, balsams, banally, bananas, bandage, bandaid, bandana, bandeau, bandora, banians, banksia, bantams, banyans, banzais, baobabs, barbate, barchan, bargain, barilla, barmaid, barrack, barrage, barware, barytas, basally, basalts, baseman, bashaws, basidia, basilar, basinal, basmati, bastard, bateaux, bathmat, bathyal, batsman, batteau, bayamos, bayards, bazaars, bazooka, beadman, beanbag, bearcat, bemadam, bhaktas, bharals, biaxial, bidarka, bisnaga, biznaga, blatant, boatman, bonanza, brachia, bradawl, brahmas, bravado, bravura, broadax, cabalas, cabanas, cabaret, cabbage, cabbala, cabomba, cambial, capable, capably, carabao, carabid, carabin, caramba, carbarn, carbora, casabas, casbahs, cassaba, catawba, catboat, copaiba, dagobas, datable, diabase, drawbar, eatable, fabliau, fabular, fadable, falbala, fatback, fleabag, gabbard, gabbart, galabia, gambade, gambado, gambias, garbage, gasbags, gazabos, habitan, habitat, handbag, hatable, hatband, ikebana, indabas, jambeau, jellaba, kabakas, kabalas, kabayas, kabbala, kalimba, kanbans, kasbahs, labarum, labella, labials, labiate, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, macaber, macabre, macumba, mailbag, makable, mangaby, marabou, marimba, mastaba, megabar, namable, ouabain, pabular, palabra, parable, payable, payably, payback, piasaba, rabatos, ragbags, rasbora, ratable, ratably, ratbags, sabaton, sabayon, sabbath, sabbats, salable, salably, sambaed, sambars, sambhar, sambuca, sandbag, sandbar, sanddab, sassaby, savable, saxtuba, sayable, scarabs, seabags, subadar, subalar, subarea, subtaxa, tabanid, tabards, tabaret, tableau, tabular, takable, tamable, tambacs, tambaks, tambala, tambura, tanbark, taxable, taxably, taxicab, wadable, wallaby, wannabe, wasabis, zarebas, zareeba, zaribas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 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)01000001 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 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)356867 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Cities 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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