Saba

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Saba

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Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.bə/

Saba

1. An island and special municipality in the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea; in the southern part of the Caribbean north of the west coast of Venezuela.

From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

Saba

1. Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.

• Sheba

• Sabaean, Sabean

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Saba

1. An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Saba terms

Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).

Saba (plural Sabas)

1. A surname from Arabic.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saba is the 8822^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3712 individuals. Saba is most common among White (76.32%) and Hispanic/Latino (9.54%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas

Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧ba

Saba n

1. An island and special municipality in the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: Sà‧ba

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Regno di Saba

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From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

Saba f

1. (biblical) Sheba

Saba m

1. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba

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Saba (isola)

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Saba m

1. Saba, an island in the Caribbean Netherlands

• basa

From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/,

Saba f sg (variously declined, genitive Saba or Sabae); indeclinable, first declension

1. (biblical) Sheba

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

• Italian: Saba

• Saba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Saba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Saba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly