Definitions for Abba
Abba
Ab·ba
Spelling: [ah-bah]
IPA: /ˈɑ bɑ/
Abba is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 14 anagrams from letters in Abba (aabb).
Definitions for Abba
noun
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a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
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a title of reverence for bishops and patriarchs in the Coptic, Ethiopian Christian, and Syriac churches.
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New Testament. an Aramaic word for father, used by Jesus and Paul to address God in a relation of personal intimacy.
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a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
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a loose, sleeveless outer garment made of this fabric or of silk, worn by Arabs.
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(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 Abba
From the Aramaic word abbā father
Examples for Abba
Ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The movement initiated by the priest of Abba island had attained its climax.
At sunset on an August evening in 1881 the steamer arrived at Abba.
And of Abba's four members, just two showed up to be presented with their awards from Barry and Robin Gibb.
To these proportions had the little band of followers who fought at Abba grown!
Abba Eban famously quipped that the Palestinians never miss a chance to miss a chance.
Had not the mystic cry, Abba, Father, sounded in their hearts?
But it happened that in a few weeks Sherif had occasion to journey to the island of Abba.
He was in one aisle, the Israeli statesman Abba Eban was in another, and I was moving between the two.
Plus, she managed to find raw emotion in an Abba song—no easy feat.