Saba

== English == === Etymology 1 === Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bə/ enPR: sä′bä, sä′bə Hyphenation: Sa‧ba ==== Proper noun ==== Saba An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā). Doublet of Sheba ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.bə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.bə/ Rhymes: -ɑːbə Hyphenation: Sa‧ba ==== 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 === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Saba An East Chadic language spoken in Chad. ===== See also ===== Wiktionary’s coverage of Saba terms === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā). ==== Proper noun ==== Saba (plural Sabas) 34th Surah of Quran. A surname from Arabic. ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== 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: 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 Saba (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean) ==== Derived terms ==== == 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 from Hebrew, of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Saba m Saba (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean) === Anagrams === basa == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.ba] === Proper noun === Saba f sg (genitive Saba or Sabae); indeclinable, variously declined, first declension (biblical) Sheba ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only. ==== 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