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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

"I'm a scientist-practitioner; I need data," says Taylor, a certified aba therapist with a Ph.D. in psychology.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the past 20 years, the dominant way to work with autistic children has been based on Applied Behavior Analysis. aba derives from the classic work of psychologist B.F.

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

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

"It was just one of those culinary moments for me," he told The Nosher in 2018 amid the buzz of Aba Chicago's opening.

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

At Aba in Bal Harbour, the laid-back Middle Eastern mini chain from the Chicago-based hospitality group Lettuce Entertain You, where cold meze and kebabs dominate the menu, there are little wooden stools for bags.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 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

Sessions of ABA often involve practicing chores, communication and social interaction at clinics or in patients’ homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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

Those bills came from companies with names such as Junior Boom ABA LLC and Cedar Eye Therapy LLC, among others the Journal linked to the Perfect Child.

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