As a noun aba
is man, especially a brazilian male indian.
As a proper noun alba is
, catalan equivalent to alban.
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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Noun
References
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alba
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1821; from the (etyl) alba, ultimately from the (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally , about lovers who must part at dawn.
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Etymology 2
First attested in 1848; from the (etyl) alba (the feminine form of albus, “white”) in the now-disused species name of ''(l) ).
Noun
(
en noun)
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid .
A flower of the hybrid Rosa'' × ''alba .
External links
* (List of Rosa species)
Etymology 3
First attested in 1859; from the (etyl) alba, the nominative plural form of , whence the (etyl) album.
Anagrams
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