aba

¹

or ab·ba

[ uh-bah, ah-buh ]

noun

1. a variant of abaya ( def ).

Aba

²

[ ah-bah ]

noun

1. a town in SE Nigeria.

ABA

³

or A.B.A.

1. Amateur Boxing Association.
2. American Badminton Association.
3. American Bankers Association.
4. American Bar Association.
5. American Basketball Association.
6. American Book Award.
7. American Booksellers Association.
8. Associate in Business Administration.

aba

¹

/ ˈæbə /

noun

1. a type of cloth from Syria, made of goat hair or camel hair
2. a sleeveless outer garment of such cloth

ABA

²

abbreviation for

1. (in Britain) Amateur Boxing Association
2. American Booksellers Association

Word History and Origins

Origin of aba¹

from Arabic

Example Sentences

Pointing to faculty numbers submitted to the accrediting organization, the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Mr. Campos agreed, saying that the school had “clearly gamed the faculty total in a way that’s not defensible. This is just an egregious abuse of the rules.”

From New York Times

Moreover, Smith submitted his prosecutorial evidence in court filings and a judge approved its disclosure; there were no “extrajudicial statements” by prosecutors, the primary vice against which the ABA standards warn.

From Slate

The soldiers were attacked on Thursday at a checkpoint in Abia state’s Aba town where the separatists were enforcing a lockdown to commemorate the short-lived Republic of Biafra which, in 1967, fought and lost a deadly civil war to become independent from Nigeria, defense spokesman Maj.

From Seattle Times

The Nigerian army had deployed soldiers to enforce peace in Aba town when the militants “sprang a surprise attack” at their security outpost, the defense spokesman said.

From Seattle Times

In the previous offseason, Sonics owner Sam Schulman had signed American Basketball Association star John Brisker, and late the season before, the Sonics added another ABA star, Jim McDaniels.

From Seattle Times