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Aba vs Abab - What's the difference?

aba | abab |

As nouns the difference between aba and abab

is that aba is man, especially a brazilian male indian while abab is a turkish sailor who plies in coasting craft.

aba

English

Etymology 1

. Compare (abaya).

Alternative forms

* abba

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
  • A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
  • * 1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine :
    • Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba , staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
    Synonyms
    * abaya

    Etymology 2

    * From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

    • Anagrams

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    References

    English palindromes English three-letter words ---- ==Dení==

    Noun

    • References

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    abab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a Turkish sailor who plies in coasting craft.

    • References

    * ISBN 1-897030-05-3 - Author:'' Smyth, Admiral William Henry, ''Year:'' 1867, ''Title:'' The Sailor's Word-Book, ''Publisher: Blackie and Son

    Anagrams

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