OBA

Specialty Definition: Oba

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In Yoruba mythology, Oba was a river-goddess (Orisha), and one of the wives of Shango. She offered Shango her ear to eat, and he scorned her. Grieving, she became the Oba river which intersects with the Oschun river (Oschun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives.

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"OBA" is a common misspelling or typo for: boa, boar, boas, boat, obey, obi, obit, ova.

Crosswords: OBA

Etymologies containing "OBA": IF. (references)

Non-English Usage: "OBA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (both, either), Polish (both), Portuguese (dika bread tree, duika mahogany), Serbo-Croatian (both), Turkish (nomad tent), Turkmen (village).

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Modern Usage: OBA

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Kanli oba (1968)
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Commercial Usage: OBA

Domain	Title
Books	Oba, the Last Samurai: Saipan 1944-45 (reference) The biography of His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, Soun of Ogbomosoland (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: OBA

"OBA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "OBA" is used about 6 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)	66.67%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	33.33%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	6	N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: OBA

The following table summarizes the usage of "OBA" 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
Oba	Last name	300	26,213
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: OBA

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "OBA": Oba-apounou.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OBA

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
oba	64
chandler oba	23
bank oba	16
federal oba	8
oba oba	6
oba toshikazu	6
oba portland	5
kumiko oba	4
oba carr	4
lagos oba	3
ashanthi cd debut magemai oba ranidu	3
midwest oba	3
oba lake	3
oba shaka t	2
oba restaurant	2
head oba	2
baseball oba	2
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Bible Trace: OBA

Language	Date	Source	1 Chronicles Chapter 7, Verse 34
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai uioi semmhr aciouraoga kai oba kai aram
Latin	405	Vulgate	Porro filii Somer Ahi et Roaga et Iaba et Aram
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
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Matched Bible Translations: OBA

Language	1 Chronicles Chapter 7, Verse 34
Cebuano	Ug ang mga anak nga lalake ni Semer: si Ahi, ug si Roega, ug si Jehubba, ug si Aram.
Chinese	�" 默的 �' 子是亞希、羅迦、耶戶巴、亞蘭。
Croatian	A sinovi njegova brata � omera: Rohga, Huba i Aram.
Danish	Sjemers Sønner: Ahi, Roga, Hubba og Aram.
Dutch	En de zonen van Semer waren Ahi en Rohega, Jehubba en Aram.
Finnish	Ja Semerin pojat olivat Ahi, Rohga, Hubba ja Aram.
French	Fils de Schamer: Achi, Rohega, Hubba et Aram. -
German	Die Kinder Semers waren: Ahi, Rohga, Jehubba und Aram.
Haitian Creole	Chomè, frè Jaflè a, te gen twa pitit gason tou: Wogach, Wouba ak Aram.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka bani Semer itulah Abi dan Rohega dan Yehuba dan Aram.
Italian	Figli di Semer suo fratello: Roga, Cubba e Aram.
Korean	소 멜 의 아 �"� �"� 은 아 히 와, 로 가 와, 호 �" 와, 아 람 이 �"
Maori	Na, ko nga tama a Hamere; ko Ahi, ko Rohoka, ko Tehupa, ko Arame.
Norwegian	Og Semers sønner var Aki og Rohga, Jehubba og Aram.
Portuguese	Os filhos de Semer: Aí, Roga, Jeubá e Arã:
Rumanian	Fiii lui Wamer: Ahi, Rohega, Huba wi Aram. -
Spanish	Los hijos de Semer fueron: Aji, Rohga, Juba y Aram.
Swedish	Semers söner voro Ahi och Rohaga, Jaba och Aram.
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Derivations: OBA

Derivations
	Words ending with "OBA": algaroba, algarroba, araroba, arroba, cordoba, dagoba, jojoba. (additional references)
	Words containing "OBA": acrobat, acrobatic, acrobatically, acrobatics, acrobats, aerobatic, aerobatics, algarobas, algarrobas, allobar, allobars, amobarbital, amobarbitals, antitobacco, approbate, approbated, approbates, approbating, approbation, approbations, approbatory, ararobas, arrobas, autobahn, autobahnen, autobahns, azotobacter, azotobacters, baobab, baobabs, bilobate, campylobacter, campylobacters, cobalamin, cobalamins, cobalt, cobaltic, cobaltine, cobaltines, cobaltite, cobaltites, cobaltous, cobalts, cohobate, cohobated, cohobates, cohobating, conglobate, conglobated, conglobates, conglobating. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: OBA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: abo, boa.
	Words within the letters "a-b-o"
	-1 letter: ab, ba, bo.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-o"
	+1 letter: abos, ambo, boar, boas, boat, bola, bora, bota, obia.
	+2 letters: abbot, abhor, abmho, abode, abohm, aboil, aboma, aboon, abort, about, above, adobe, adobo, ambos, arbor, baboo, bacon, banco, banjo, baron, basso, baton, bayou, bazoo, beano, biota, bloat, board, boars, boart, boast, boats, bogan, bohea, bolar, bolas, boral, boras, borax, botas, boyar, boyla, bravo, broad, cabob, carbo, carob, cobia, cobra, dobla, dobra, goban, jabot, kabob, labor, lobar, mambo, nabob, obeah, obias, sabot, sambo, taboo, tabor.
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