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Oba vs Aba - What's the difference?

oba | aba |

As nouns the difference between oba and aba

is that oba is former title of a king in benin while aba is man, especially a brazilian male indian.

oba

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Former title of a king in Benin
  • Now the title of a local chief in Nigeria

    • Derived terms

    * iyoba

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    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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