Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fabric woven of the hair of camels or goats.
- noun A loose-fitting sleeveless garment made of this fabric or of wool, traditionally worn by Arabs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An altazimuth instrument, designed by Antoine d'Abbadie, for determining latitude on land without the use of an artificial horizon.
- noun A coarse woolen stuff, woven of goats' or camels' or other hair or wool in Syria, Arabia, and neighboring countries.
- noun An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert.
- noun A garment of similar shape worn in the towns, made of finer material.
- noun Also spelled
abba .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water. - noun A coarse, often striped, fabric from the middle east, woven from goat or camel hair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
- noun a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The wawa aba is the seed of the wawa tree, one of the strongest and most processible woods of Africa.
Adidas "wawa aba" Africa Cup of Nation match ball Azmie aka switch image 2007
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For the Akan culture originating from Western Africa the name wawa aba is a symbol of persistence.
Archive 2007-10-01 Azmie aka switch image 2007
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The wawa aba is the seed of the wawa tree, one of the strongest and most processible woods of Africa.
Archive 2007-10-01 Azmie aka switch image 2007
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For the Akan culture originating from Western Africa the name wawa aba is a symbol of persistence.
Adidas "wawa aba" Africa Cup of Nation match ball Azmie aka switch image 2007
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Supposedly, the Black Rock of the Ka'aba is a remnant of the altar that Abraham prepared.
December 8th, 2008 m_francis 2008
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(aba akaki kOrOmObO kOnOmibumu, 'I like red clothes'); you can hear it spoken here (mpg file).
May 28th, 2006 2006
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Besides the worship of Tsong K'aba's image, we witnessed many other weird and interesting ceremonies during our residence in Kumbum.
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Anent this question the Tibetan legends speak of a strange lama who came to the land of Amdo from the far western regions and resided in Tsong K'aba's tent, a man of wondrous learning and piety, having a big nose and bright dashing eyes.
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Not only by the immense number of adherents that were won to his views during his lifetime, but also by the literary productions he left behind him, Tsong K'aba's influence has been great during the last five centuries of Tibetan history.
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All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. from Visitor wrote 1 year 8 weeks ago arme zucker, schiebe di ganz schuld uf ihn .. aba han ke anderi erchlärig XDD warharhar .. höre eze gschieder uf XD suscht .. artets us O. 0 Good Comment?
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