Saba
See also: saba, sabá, saba', and säbä
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bə/
Proper noun
Saba
- An island and specialmunicipality of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea; in the southern part of the Caribbean off the west coast of Venezuela.
Derived terms
- Saban
Translations
island
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Proper noun
Saba
- Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.
Synonyms
- Sheba
Derived terms
- Sabaean, Sabean
Proper noun
Saba
- An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Saba terms
Proper noun
Saba (plural Sabas)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saba is the 8822th 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.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas
Dutch
Etymology
Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Sa‧ba
Proper noun
Saba n
- An island and specialmunicipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/
- Rhymes: -aba
- Hyphenation: Sà‧ba
Etymology 1
From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Proper noun
Saba f
- (biblical) Sheba
Proper noun
Saba m
- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba
Proper noun
Saba m
- Saba, an island in the Caribbean Netherlands
Anagrams
- basa
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈs̠äbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈsäːbä]
Proper noun
Saba f sg (variously declined, genitive Saba or Sabae); indeclinable, first declension
- (biblical) Sheba
Declension
Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Saba |
Genitive | Saba Sabae |
Dative | Saba Sabae |
Accusative | Saba Sabam |
Ablative | Saba Sabā |
Vocative | Saba |
Descendants
- Italian: Saba
References
- 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