Abba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abba"

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Abba (plural Abbas)

  1. (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.[1] [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]

Translations

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abba”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

Italian

Proper noun

Abba m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot
    Marta Abba, Italian actress

Anagrams

Old Saxon

Proper noun

Abba

  1. a female given name

References
  1. Dr. Heyne, Mortiz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 1.

Swedish

Noun

Abba

  1. (Christianity) Abba

Proper noun

Abba n (genitive Abbas)

  1. Alternative form of ABBA

References
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