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Bāb

1 American  
[bahb] / bɑb /

noun

  1. abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.

Bab. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Babylon; Babylonia.

Bab British  
/ bɑːb /

noun

  1. the . title of Mirza Ali Mohammed 1819–50, Persian religious leader: founded Babism; executed as a heretic of Islam

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Etymology

Origin of Bab

from Persian bāb gate, from Arabic

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Two Mamelukes had in the meantime succeeded, by great exertions, in giving the alarm to their comrades in the quarter of the Azhar, who escaped by the eastern gate called Bāb al-Ghoraib.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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