A b a
amateur boxing -ssociation.
american badminton -ssociation.
american bankers -ssociation.
american bar -ssociation.
american basketball -ssociation.
american book award.
american booksellers -ssociation.
-ssociate in business administration.
also, a.b.a.
american book award
noun
any of several awards given annually since 1980 to an author whose book is judged the best in its category: administered by the -ssociation of american publishers.
abbreviation: aba, a.b.a.
compare national book award.
aba
/ˈæbə/
noun
a type of cloth from syria, made of goat hair or camel hair
a sleeveless outer garment of such cloth
word origin
from arabic
aba
abbreviation
(in britain) amateur boxing -ssociation
american booksellers -ssociation
abscisic acid
american badminton -ssociation
american bankers -ssociation
american bar -ssociation
american basketball -ssociation
american booksellers -ssociation
aba
city, abia state, southern nigeria. it lies along the west bank of the aba river, at the intersection of roads from port harcourt, owerri, umuahia, ikot ekpene, and ikot abasi (opobo). aba was a traditional market town for the igbo (ibo) people of the tropical rainforest before the establishment of a british military post there in 1901. with the construction of the railway in 1915 from port harcourt (36 miles [58 km] southwest), the city became a major collecting point for agricultural produce (especially palm oil and palm kernels). by the 1930s aba was a settled urban community, and it is now a large industrial and commercial centre. an 18.5-mile- (30-kilometre-) long pipeline from the imo river natural-gas field provides power for aba’s industrial estate. textiles, pharmaceuticals, soap, plastics, cement, footware, and cosmetics are manufactured in the city, and there are also a brewery and a distillery. aba has a school of arts and science, secondary schools, a teacher-training college, and several technical and trade inst-tutes. the city is noted for its handicrafts. pop. (2004 est.) 820,900
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