1. Acronym:
Académie des Beaux-Arts (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo
American Bicycle Association
American Bridge Association
American Bankers Association
American Bandmasters Association
Australian Banking Association
Australian Blue Asbestos, mining, bagging and blue asbestos distribution company
ABA routing transit number, a bank code used in the United States
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3. Thracian naiad nymph
In Greek mythology, Aba (Ancient Greek: Ἄβα, lit. 'wheel, shout') was a Thracian naiad nymph from the town of Ergisce in Ciconia.
She became the mother of a son Ergiscus by Poseidon, after whom Çatalca (Ergisce) took its name.
Aba is presumed to be a daughter of the river Hébros (Ἕβρος).
The source is uncertain, but
it is likely related to aúo (αὔω, 'to shout, to call').
It is also speculated that
it denotes a large Mediterranean sea-cow.
Additionally, it is also
coincidentally the Aiolic variation of the Doric word hébe (ἥβη, 'youth').
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4. A middle eastern robe
The abaya (colloquially and
more commonly, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة
ʿabā'ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā'āt), sometimes also called an aba,
is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some
women in parts of the Muslim world including North Africa, the Horn of Africa,
the Arabian Peninsula and most of the Middle East.
Traditional abayas are
usually black and may either be a large square of fabric draped from the
shoulders or head or a long kaftan.
The abaya covers the whole
body except the head (sometimes), feet, and hands.
It can be worn with the
niqāb, a face veil covering all but the eyes.
Some women also wear long
black gloves, so their hands are covered as well. It is common that the abaya
is worn on special occasions, such as Mosque visits, Islamic Holiday
celebrations for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha and also during the Islamic Holy
month of Ramadan.
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5. Electric fish
Gymnarchus niloticus – commonly known as the aba, aba aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, poisson-cheval, or African knifefish – is an electric fish, and the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.
It is found in swamps, lakes and rivers in the Nile, Turkana, Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, and Gambia basins.
G. niloticus has a long and
slender body, with no caudal, pelvic, or anal fins.
The dorsal fin is elongated,
running along the back of the fish towards the blunt, finless tail, and is the
main source of propulsion.
It grows up to 1.6 m (5.2
ft) in length and 19 kg (42 lb) in weight.
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6. Aba people
The Aba (Russian: Аба), who also call themselves the Aba Kizhi and a clan of the Shor people of Russia.
They live along the Tom River in the general vicinity of Novokuznetsk.
Although in the past they were at times considered a distinct people, they are now considered to be Shor.
They are also called Abantsy, Aban, Abin and Abintsy.
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7. Medieval Hungarian tribe
Aba is a noble kindred (genus) of the Kingdom of Hungary which according to the Gesta Hungarorum ("The Deeds of the Hungarians" part 32) derives from Pata (Latin: Pota) who was a nephew to Ed and Edemen and the ancestor of Samuel Aba.
Some modern scholars have proposed that the family's ancestors may have been among the tribal leaders of the Kabars (three nomadic tribes that joined the tribal federation of the Magyars in the 9th century).
The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("The Deeds of the Huns and the Hungarians", 1282–85) connects the family to Attila the Hun.
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8. Town in Hungary
Aba is a town in Fejér County, Hungary.
In 1559, it was the property of Mihály Cseszneky and Balázs Baranyai.
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9. City in Nigeria
Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial centre of Abia State.
Upon the creation of Abia State in 1991, Aba was divided into two local government areas: Aba South and Aba North.
Aba South is the main city centre of Abia State, located in south-east Nigeria.
It is located on the Aba River.
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10. River in Nigeria
The Aba River is a river in southern Nigeria.
A tributary of Imo river that runs through the city of Aba, Nigeria.
Its headwater is in
Okpu-Umuobo area (Isiala-Okpu and Mgboko-Umuette autonomous communities)
Osisioma Ngwa LGA in the Ngwa heartland.
This Aba River is also known
as Waterside.
The river is largely ignored
despite its uniqueness and importance. Activities of local sand dredges who
source sharp sand for construction purposes has been keeping the river flowing.
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11. Village in Japan
Aba (阿波村, Aba-son) was a village located in the north of Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sharing a border with Tottori Prefecture.
As of 2003, the village had
an estimated population of 669 and a population density of 15.90 persons per km2.
The total area was 42.07 km2.
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12. City in Congo
Aba is a city in the northeast of the Haut-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
it is near the border with South Sudan.
It is served by Aba Airport.
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13. Town in China
Ngawa or Aba town (Chinese: 阿坝镇; pinyin: Ābà Zhèn Standard Tibetan: Ngawa) is the seat of Ngawa (Aba) County, within the Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan, China.
It is located on the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 3,200 metres.
The city is about 75 km from
Jigdril, 254 km from Barkham (Ma'erkang) and 157 km from Mewa (Hongyuan).
Ngawa (Aba) County has
70,000 inhabitants, about 8,000 of them Tibetan Buddhist monks, and others are
Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
The city has about 20,000
people.
There are 37 monasteries and
nunneries in the area, two of the largest in Aba City itself.
There are mainly grasslands
and forested valleys in the south.
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14. Island on the White Nile
Aba Island is an island on the White Nile to the south of Khartoum, Sudan.
It is the original home of the Mahdi in Sudan and the spiritual base of the Umma Party.
Aba Island was the
birthplace of the Mahdiyya, first declared on June 29, 1881 as a religious
movement by Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi.
The island was the site of
the first battle of the Mahdist War on August 12, 1881.
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15. River in Russia
Aba (Russian: река Аба) is a river in Russia; a left tributary of the Tom.
It flows across the steppes, and merges with the Tom near Novokuznetsk.
It is 71 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 867 square kilometres,
There are coal deposits in the river's basin. The Aba people live in the river's vicinity.
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16. Autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (Tibetan: རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་དང་ཆང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ang rigs rang skyong khul; Qiang: Rrmeabba Shbea Rrmea Nyujwju Gvexueaj Legea; simplified Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; traditional Chinese: 阿壩藏族羌族自治州), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest.
Its seat is in Barkam, and
it has an area of 83,201 km2.
The population was 895,200
by 2022.
The county of Wenchuan in
Ngawa is the site of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in which
over 20,000 of its residents died and 40,000 were injured.
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17. County in China
Ngawa County (Tibetan: རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: rnga ba rdzong, ZYPY: Ngawa Zong, Chinese: 阿坝县; pinyin: Ābà Xiàn), or Aba or Ngaba, is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China.
It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
It is located in the remote northwestern part of the prefecture, on the border with Qinghai (to the northwest) and Gansu (to the north). The county seat is Ngawa Town.
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18. Region surrounding Damascus of the 1350 BC
Upu or Apu, also rendered as Aba/Apa/Apina/Ubi/Upi, was the region surrounding Damascus of the 1350 BC Amarna letters. Damascus was named Dimašqu / Dimasqu / etc. (for example, "Dimaški"-(see: Niya (kingdom)), in the letter correspondence.
The region is only
referenced in three letters, EA 53, 189, and 197 (EA is for 'el Amarna').
Etakkama of Qidšu (Kadesh)
in the Beqaa (named the Amqu) is in partial control, between allegiance to
Pharaoh, and conjoining forces with the king of Hatti.
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19. Sinhalese film
Aba is a 2008 Sinhalese film directed by Jackson Anthony and co-produced by Justin Belagamage and Rajindra Jayasinghe for Chandrakini Creations.
The title is derived from Pandu Aba, another name for the title character.
Anthony’s son, Sajitha
Anthony, portrays Pandukabhaya.
The film also features
Malini Fonseka, Ravindra Randeniya, Sriyantha Mendis, Sabeetha Perera and many
other popular actors.
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