Aba may refer to:

Animals

* '' Aba'', a species of fish native to Africa * Aba roundleaf bat, a West African bat species

Geographic toponyms

* Aba, historic region surrounding Damascus * Aba (Russia), a river in Kemerovo Oblast * Aba, Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Aba, Hungary Aba is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. In 1559, it was the property of Mihály Cseszneky and Balázs Baranyai. Notable residents * Imre Taussig (1894–1945), footballer Demographics Sources * Szíj Rezső: Várpalota * Fejér megyei ...

Aba, Nigeria Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial center of Abia State. Upon the creation of Abia state in 1991, Aba was divided into two local government areas namely; Aba South and Aba North. Aba south is the main city centre and ...

Aba, Okayama was a village located in the north of Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sharing a border with Tottori Prefecture. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 669 and a population density of 15.90 persons per km2. The total ...

, Japan *

Aba, Sichuan Ngawa or Aba town ( Burmese: ငါဝမြို့, Standard Tibetan: Ngawa) is the seat of Ngawa (Aba) County, within the Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan, China. It is located on the Tibetan p ...

, China * Aba County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China *

Aba Island Aba Island is an island on the White Nile to the south of Khartoum, Sudan. It is the original home of the Mahdi in Sudan and the spiritual base of the Umma Party. History Aba Island was the birthplace of the Mahdiyya, first declared on J ...

, on the White Nile river, Sudan * Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China *

Aba River (Nigeria) The Aba River is a river in southern Nigeria. It runs through the city of Aba, Nigeria. It is a tributary of the Imo River The Imo River (Igbo:Imo) is in southeastern Nigeria and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. In Akwa Ibom State, the river is kn ...

Anglican Province of Aba The Anglican Province of Aba is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 9 dioceses: *Anglican Diocese of Aba, Aba (Christian Ugwuzor) *Anglican Diocese of Aba Ngwa North, Aba Ngwa North (Nathan Kanu) *Anglica ...

, Nigeria

People

Aba (family) Aba is a noble kindred (''genus'') of the Kingdom of Hungary which according to the ''Gesta Hungarorum'' ("The Deeds of the Hungarians" part 32) derives from Pata (Latin: Pota) who was a nephew to Ed and Edemen and the ancestor of Samuel Aba. S ...

, a clan in Hungary * Aba, ruler of Olba *

Aba Andam Professor Aba A. Bentil Andam (born 1948) is a Ghanaian particle physicist who was President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences from 2017–2019. She is the first Ghanaian female physicist. Early life and education Aba A. Bentil Andam was ...

, Ghanaian physicist *

Aba Bayefsky Aba Bayefsky (April 7, 1923 – May 5, 2001) was an artist and teacher. Career Bayefsky was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario, the second son of a Russian-born father and a Scottish-born mother. He studied at the Central Technical ...

, Canadian artist and teacher * Aba Cercato, Italian television presenter * Aba people, a clan of the Shor in Russia *

Johnny Aba Johnny Aba (born 3 March 1956) is a Papua New Guinean professional feather/ super feather/lightweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s who won the Papua New Guinea featherweight title, Papua New Guinea lightweight title, and Commonwealth super feat ...

(born 1956), a Papua New Guinean boxer * Mar Aba (disambiguation) *

Samuel Aba Samuel Aba ( hu, Aba Sámuel; before 990 or 1009 – 5 July 1044) reigned as King of Hungary between 1041 and 1044. He was born to a prominent family with extensive domains in the region of the Mátra Hills. Based on reports in the ''Gesta ...

, 11th-century King of Hungary *

Vilmos Aba-Novák Vilmos Aba-Novák ( hu, Aba- Novák Vilmos, until 1912: hu, Novák Vilmos; March 15, 1894 – September 29, 1941

, a Hungarian painter

Other uses

* Aba (''Dune''), a robe in the fictional ''Dune'' universe * ''Aba'' (film), a 2008 Sri Lanka film *

Aba (mythology) In Greek mythology, Aba () was a Thracian naiad nymph from the town of Ergisce in Ciconia. She became the mother by Poseidon, of a son Ergiscus after whom Çatalca Çatalca (Metrae; ) is a city and a rural district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is t ...

, Thracian naiad nymph in Greek mythology * Aba Women's War, period of unrest in colonial Nigeria * Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba, Nigeria * A short form of

Abaya The abaya "cloak" (colloquially and more commonly, ar, عباية ', especially in Literary Arabic: '; plural ', '), sometimes also called an ''aba'', is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in par ...

, a middle eastern robe

Animals

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People

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