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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

Robotic behavior, lack of emotion and inability to use trained skills outside school are some of the shortcomings critics attribute to aba.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Tristram Smith of the University of Rochester: "Anything outside aba is basically experimental at this point."

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

While the majority of U.S. programs for autistic children are based on aba techniques, dir has made inroads, and many programs now mix elements of both.

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

In Aba, the usual high-street shop fronts selling monks' robes and bundles of incense are joined by new hotels, cafes and restaurants to entice tourists.

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

Both mines are located at Aba, a Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in northwestern Sichuan.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

He was waiting at Aba the potter’s late that afternoon when Heqet came running down the dusty street.

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

They focus on applied behavior analysis, or ABA, a type of therapy that is supposed to help autistic people manage behavior and develop daily living and social skills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

ABA Centers also sued Publix, accusing the grocer of failing to pay for care its health-plan administrators had authorized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

In a press release last year, ABA Centers said Publix cut off its payments 10 months before the lawsuits, but that it continued to provide services to Publix-covered families that the health-plan approved.

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