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Places

* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea * Şaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine *
Sabá Sabá is a town, with a population of 16,460 (2020 calculation),Citypopulation.de
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, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras *
Saba (river) The Saba (russian: Саба) is a river in Leningrad Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its in ...
, Leningrad Oblast, Russia *
Saba, Iran Saba ( fa, سبا, also Romanized as Sabā; also known as Dakān Sorkh) is a village in Vahdatiyeh Rural District, Sadabad District, Dashtestan County, Bushehr Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...
, a village in Bushehr Province *
Saba District, Yamaguchi was a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 7,946 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol mo ...
, district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan *
Saba Island, United States Virgin Islands Saba Island is a rocky Caribbean island in the United States Virgin Islands, situated three miles south of Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas and 2.6 miles west of Water Island. It is a steep, 200 feet high island with a sandy beach on the nort ...
, an island three miles south of St. Thomas *
Saba Bank Saba Bank in the Caribbean Netherlands is the largest submarine atoll in the Atlantic Ocean and has some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean Sea. In 2010 it was designated as "Saba Bank National Park", one of the National Par ...
, the largest submarine atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, located in the Caribbean Netherlands *
Saba Rock Saba Rock is a small island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, approximately an acre and a half in size. The island contains a small hotel, restaurant, bar, and gift shop. A dock is available for day visitors and a large mooring ...
, a small island in the British Virgin Islands *
Mukim Saba Mukim Saba is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is part of Kampong Ayer, the traditional stilted settlements on the Brunei River in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 1,000 in 2016. It encompasses the village of Kamp ...
, a mukim in Brunei *
Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...
, a city in Israel * Kafr Saba, a historical village in Mandatory Palestine


History

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Sabaʾ The Sabaeans or Sabeans ( Sabaean:, ; ar, ٱلسَّبَئِيُّوْن, ''as-Sabaʾiyyūn''; he, סְבָאִים, Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke the Sabaean language, one of the Old South Arabian langua ...
, an ancient kingdom in South Arabia * Saba' (Sheba), an ancient kingdom mentioned in Biblical and Islamic traditions which may be the same as Sabaʾ


People

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Saba (name) Saba is a surname or given name. People with the given name or nickname Saba include the following, ordered by year of birth: * Saba (rapper) (born 1994), American rapper and record producer * Saba or Sabbas the Goth (334–372), Christian saint * ...
, a given or surname (includes list of people with the name) * Saba or Sabbas the Goth (334–372), Christian saint * Saba or Sabbas the Sanctified (439–532), Christian saint * Saba (rapper) (born 1994), American rapper and record producer


Organizations

* Saba & Co. IP, an intellectual property firm active in Middle East and Africa *
SABA (electronics manufacturer) SABA (Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt lit. Black Forest Apparatus Construction Institution) is a German electronics company founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), present-day Baden-Württemberg. SABA started as a clock-mak ...
, German electronics company and jazz record label, became MPS Records *
Saba TV Network Saba TV Network is an Afghan satellite television network featuring two television channels. They are Saba TV and Saba World. It is owned by Saba Media Organization. It is being broadcast throughout Afghanistan. It was launched in Spring 2006, an ...
, an Afghan satellite television networking two channels * SABA (clothing), an up-market clothing brand sold in Australia * Saba (car), an Iranian car model based on the Kia Motors ''Pride'' design * Saba Capital Management, American hedge fund managed by Boaz Weinstein * Saba Petroleum, a private U.S. oil and gas company, mainly operating in southern and central California * Saba News Agency, official Yemeni government news agency * Saba University School of Medicine, located on the island of Saba, Netherlands * SABA or Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, an organization in Sacramento, California * SABA Women's Championship, a basketball tournament organized by the South Asia Basketball Association


Plants

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Saba banana Saba banana (pron. or ), is a triploid hybrid (ABB) banana cultivar originating from the Philippines. It is primarily a cooking banana, though it can also be eaten raw. It is one of the most important banana varieties in Philippine cuisine. It ...
, a variety of banana originating in the Philippines * ''Saba'' (plant), a genus in family Apocynaceae native to Africa and Indian Ocean islands * Saba nut, the name of two species in the family Malvaceae native to Central and South America: ** ''
Pachira aquatica ''Pachira aquatica'' is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba n ...
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Pachira glabra ''Pachira glabra'' ( syn. ''Bombacopsis glabra'') is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to eastern Brazil, where it grows along rivers and other waterways. It is generally known by the nonscientific names Guinea peanut ...
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Other uses

* Saba (sura), a chapter of the Qur'an *
Saba (music) Saba ( ar, صبا, tr, Saba or tr, Sabâ, label=none, tk, sabah) is a kind of musical scale used in both Arabic music and Turkish classical music. This article covers both the Arabic jins and maqam called "Saba" as well as the similar Turkish ...
, a scale in Arabic and Turkish music * "Saba", a ska song by
Mephiskapheles Mephiskapheles is a ska band based in New York City. Their name is a portmanteau of "ska" and "Mephistopheles", of the Faust legend. As their name suggests, their lyrics are often playfully satanic in nature. Career 1990–1994: Formation and ea ...
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Saba (condiment) Saba, or sapa, is a typical condiment used in Emilia, Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo, Apulia and Sardinia. It is a concentrated syrup of grapes which is obtained from the fresh must of white or red grapes; variants include "mosto cotto", "vino c ...
, a typical condiment used in parts of Italy * British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba, a proposed military aircraft * Saba Saba Day, a remembrance day in Tanzania and Kenya * "
Saba the Bird ''Babel'' is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1978, and contains Smith's poems along with her prose, lyrics, pictures and drawings. Contents Radio Ethiopia # "Notice" # "Italy" # "The Tapper Extracts" # "Grant" # "Street of the Guides" ...
", a poem by Patti Smith from the 1978 book ''Babel'' *
Saba Sebatyne This is an incomplete list of characters from the Star Wars expanded universe, ''Star Wars'' expanded universe, now rebranded ''Star Wars Legends''. The accompanying works were declared non-canon to the ''Star Wars'' franchise by Lucasfilm in 2 ...
, a New Order Jedi character in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe *
Short-acting β-agonist A bronchodilator or broncholytic (although the latter occasionally includes secretory inhibition as well) is a substance that dilates the bronchi and bronchioles, decreasing resistance in the respiratory airway and increasing airflow to the lun ...
, a class of drug primarily used to treat asthma and other pulmonary disorders * Saba, a way of referring to
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See also

* Sabah (disambiguation) *
Sabbas (disambiguation) Sabbas (Σάββας pronounced Sávvas) is a Greek masculine given name. Variant forms or transliterations include Sabas, Savas, Savvas, Saba, Sava, Savva, Savo and Sawa. Sabbas may refer to, chronologically: * Sabbas Stratelates (died 272), R ...
* Sabians, a religious group mentioned in the Quran {{Disambiguation, given name, surname, geo