Bāb
noun
abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
Bāb
1 American
[bahb]
/ bɑb /
noun
Bab.
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American
abbreviation
Bab
British
/ bɑːb /
noun
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
Purim, compared with the Bab. solar festival, 15th of Adar, 686; not to be compared with Puru, 688.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Shala, consort of Ramman, 161, 212; in proper names of 2d Bab. period, 169; in Ass. pantheon, 189; meaning of name, 213; other applications of the name, 213; epithets, 213.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Sukka, iii. with the Talm. of Bab., same treatise, 43 b; Thos. ibid., further on, with the Talm. of Bab., same treatise, 48 b; Thos.
From The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan
Lugal-ki-mu-na, in proper names of the 2d Bab. period, 169.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Solomonic temple and the sacred quarter in Nippur, 623-4; horns of altar compared with Bab. custom, 652; "sea" compared with Apsu, 653; ark compared with the Bab. ship, 655.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Nasser said Aramco currently has three main export routes through the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and Sidi Kerir on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
More than 90% of data capacity between Europe and Asia runs through cables under the Red Sea, which enter through Bab al-Mandeb, a strait about 16 miles wide.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The commander tells us about 500 Houthi fighters remain on high ground overlooking a strategic maritime corridor – Bab al-Mandab – connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
They seized large swathes of territory including the area around the Bab al-Mandab strait, a key waterway for global shipping and, crucially, Saudi oil exports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“From there, to the crossing at Bab al-Hawa.”
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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