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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

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

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

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

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 Aba Rosh Hashanah menu is even more layered than that, blending Ashkenazi culinary stand-bys with wide-reaching Mediterranean flavors and a kind of Cali-specific breeziness.

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

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

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

The Labor Department and Federal Trade Commission said they wouldn’t support their lawyers attending ABA events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The recommendation to reject the ABA is accompanied by a nearly 500-page Education Department report, more than a year in the making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It is outcome-based reimbursement tied to the child’s actual quality of life—and a serious reckoning with whether ABA, at any price, is the right product at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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