aba
noun
a variant of abaya.
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aba
1 American
[uh-bah, ah-buh]
/ əˈbɑ, ˈɑ bə /
Or
abba
noun
Aba
2
American
[ah-bah]
/ ɑˈbɑ /
noun
ABA
3
American
Or
A.B.A.
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Amateur Boxing Association.
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American Badminton Association.
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American Bankers Association.
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American Bar Association.
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American Basketball Association.
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American Booksellers Association.
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Associate in Business Administration.
ABA
1
British
abbreviation
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(in Britain) Amateur Boxing Association
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American Booksellers Association
aba
2
British
/ ˈæbə /
noun
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a type of cloth from Syria, made of goat hair or camel hair
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a sleeveless outer garment of such cloth
Etymology
Origin of aba
from Arabic
Vocabulary lists containing aba
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Recent years have brought questions about the aba model.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like most other children at the school, she started aba therapy at home as a toddler.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'm a scientist-practitioner; I need data," says Taylor, a certified aba therapist with a Ph.D. in psychology.
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
The road to Aba shows off the money Beijing has pumped into this remote corner of the world.
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
More widespread harm occurs when payers, professionals and policymakers falsely equate autism therapeutic services with just one approach, ABA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Autism therapy, or applied behavior analysis, or ABA, is commonly delivered by behavior technicians, who in many states need little more than a high-school diploma and often earn as little as $20 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
According to court records, ABA Centers billed Publix’s health plan up to $1,320 an hour for routine autism-therapy services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
She said the ABA once reached "tens of thousands of teachers" a year with its resources, but now reaches a fraction of that after introducing charging to meet costs.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
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