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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But next day she may slip out in her car, doff her aba as soon as she is beyond sight of the town and take the wheel herself for a drive to the beach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wrapped in a black aba and white head scarf, she stood there weeping while he kissed several members.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recent years have brought questions about the aba model.

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

We snuck past our minders and hiked our way back to Aba for the morning prayers.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

He continued: "The food at Aba is just that — traditionally-inspired recipes but with my California-influence and modern take."

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

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

And, like the ABA, the APA temporarily suspended its DEI standards in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

If state licensing boards loosen the grip that ABA accreditation has enjoyed for decades, innovative and technologically driven market entrants will create modern curricula that better reflect what the practice of law entails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, said that with rapid growth in ABA spending, state officials welcome CMS guidance.

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

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