Moab
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What else does MOAB mean? MOAB is an acronym referring to a large bomb in the U. S. military, the Massive Ordnance Air Blast or Mother of All Bombs. Moab is also the name of a Biblical kingdom and a city in Utah.
Example Sentences
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These formations are widespread across Utah's Wasatch and Uinta ranges and can also be found on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Places like Moab, Utah, and the Dolomites in Italy offer guided adventures, including rope swings off cliffs and tandem paragliding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In fact, your guide probably has had no direct knowledge of—or even personal interest in—sunbathing on the Gulf Coast, rock climbing in Moab, or marveling at the architecture of Milan.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
That’s what Alan Levine says he found on his bill when he stopped at a steakhouse in Moab, Utah, recently.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
The stage was bare in the first scene in order to represent the road from Moab to Bethlehem.
From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobingier
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