Maba
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Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin maba, from Tongan maba or Tongan mapa.
Proper noun
Maba f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae – certain plants, now merged into Diospyros.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ebenaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): See Maba at The Plant List
References
Maba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Maba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Maba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Maba at The Plant List
English
Noun
Maba pl (plural only)
- A minority ethnic group found primarily in the mountainous Ouaddaï region of eastern Chad and adjacent areas of Sudan.
Proper noun
Maba
- The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.