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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That is the rigorous heart of aba, explains executive director Bridget Taylor, who co-founded the school in 1988.
From Time Magazine Archive
Osgood worked in an aba program for six years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 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
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
“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 Education Department also suggests that the accreditation shop isn’t sufficiently separate and independent from the ABA, as regulations require.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Any final decision to reject the ABA is two steps and several months away; the outcome isn’t certain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services has found problems in ABA billing in several states.
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
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