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Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from French FIBA.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
FIBA
- (basketball) The Fédération Internationale de Basketball. Also known in English as International Basketball Federation. Originally known as "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur" (international federation of amateur basketball); from its French name, hence the initialism.
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Etymology
Abbreviations
Proper noun
FIBA ?
- (basketball) FIBA (“Fédération Internationale de Basketball”): Acronym of Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur., its former spelled-out name.
Noun
FIBA f (plural FIBAs)
- (medicine) Alternative form of FibA
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