English word origin

Etymology of Aba

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà).

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Source etymology 2

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name

Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà).

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Borrowed-form mention阿壩cmn

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

name

a Thracian naiad nymph

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionἌβαgrc

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