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• aba
  aba

  noun

  a variant of abaya.
• Aba
  Aba

  noun

  a town in SE Nigeria.
• ABA
  ABA

  Amateur Boxing Association.

aba

¹ American  

[uh-bah, ah-buh] / əˈbɑ, ˈɑ bə /

Or abba

noun

1. a variant of abaya.

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Aba ² American  

[ah-bah] / ɑˈbɑ /

noun

1. a town in SE Nigeria.

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ABA ³ American  

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.

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ABA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (in Britain) Amateur Boxing Association

2. American Booksellers Association

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aba ² British  

/ ˈæbə /

noun

1. a type of cloth from Syria, made of goat hair or camel hair

2. a sleeveless outer garment of such cloth

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Etymology

Origin of aba

from Arabic

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

aba Aba ABA

Osgood worked in an aba program for six years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like most other children at the school, she started aba therapy at home as a toddler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Naffisa Abdullah, an Arab woman dressed in a black head scarf and a navy blue aba, says she will resist any attempts to force her out of her home.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is the rigorous heart of aba, explains executive director Bridget Taylor, who co-founded the school in 1988.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can’t see my father, and I’m trying to cry out, Where is aba, where is my father?

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Still, some in Aba, or Ngaba in Tibetan, which is home to the Kirti monastery, have gone to extreme measures to challenge these restrictions.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

And for other ideas on how to update traditional Rosh Hashanah recipes, read Salon Food's interview with "Top Chef" alum CJ Jacobson on how he's approaching his holiday menu at his restaurant Aba.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023

The region where the mines are located is home to about 1.4 million tonnes of lithium, a mining report by Aba government in January showed.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

“Rekh is a kinsman of his brother’s wife. You will meet me, then? Perhaps at the big tree by Aba the potter’s. Then we will go on together. Zau’s shop is near the palace.”

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The CMS suggestions could crimp the practices of ABA providers that bill a high number of hours of therapy for nearly every patient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

States should implement controls including required authorization before ABA services begin and reauthorization near the end of the approved period, to ensure services are medically necessary and appropriate, the guidelines say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It is outcome-based reimbursement tied to the child’s actual quality of life—and a serious reckoning with whether ABA, at any price, is the right product at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Publix alleged ABA Centers fraudulently billed its health plan nearly $32 million over several years by unjustly inflating charges and double-billing for some services, among other things, in the ongoing case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Songs in which the first section returns again at the end are known as ternary, three-part or ABA.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin