Definitions for jubas

jubas ju·ba

Spelling: [joo-buh]
IPA: /ˈdʒu bə/

Jubas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in jubas (abjsu).

Definitions for jubas

noun

  1. a lively dance accompanied by rhythmic hand clapping, developed by plantation slaves of the U.S.
  2. a female day name for Monday. See under day name.
  3. Italian Giuba [joo-bah] /ˈdʒu bɑ/ (Show IPA). a river in E Africa, flowing S from S Ethiopia through Somalia to the Indian Ocean. 1000 miles (1609 km) long.
  4. a city in S Sudan, on the White Nile.
  5. (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)

Origin of jubas

An Americanism dating back to 1825-35; of obscure origin

Examples for jubas

Are you aware 156that the river juba is nearly eight hundred miles in length?

The perpetrators of political turmoil in juba are not Dinka or Nuer, nor any other ethnic people who make up South Sudan.

I accept them,' juba replied; 'I take them now; don't forget it.''

If the battle of juba begins, the embassy will be forced to close.

juba is, without exception, the best creature in the universe.

First he headed to juba, South Sudan, covering the ongoing crisis there for Anadola, and then, onward to Nigeria.

That there has been a quarrel is certain, for your friend juba told Marriott so.

juba had lived with him ever since, and accompanied him wherever he went.

Coordinated attacks took place simultaneously at two points a considerable distance away from each other in juba.

On the night of January 9th, 2011, juba was the most joyful place on earth.

Word Value for jubas
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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