A tuba is a musical instrument that plays notes in the bass clef. Tuba can also refer to:

Instruments

Roman tuba The Roman tuba, or trumpet was a military signal instrument used by the ancient Roman military and in religious rituals. They would signal troop movements such as retreating, attacking, or charging. As well as when guards should mount, sleep, or ...

, a straight trumpet of ancient Rome * Tuba curva, a revival of the Roman ''cornu'' * Wagner tuba, an instrument like the tuba curva (cornu)

Places

* Tuba (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Siberia, Russia * Tuba, Benguet, a municipality in the Philippines * Tuba, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran *A Palestinian village east of At-Tuwani, in the South Hebron Hills *An ancient Middle Eastern city, the contemporary

Umm el-Marra Umm el-Marra, ( ar, أم المرى), east of modern Aleppo in the Jabbul Plain of northern Syria, was one of the ancient Near East's oldest cities, located on a crossroads of two trade routes northwest of Ebla, in a landscape that was much more f ...

* Tuba City, Arizona, a city in the United States named after Chief Tuba * Tubas (city), a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank

TUBA

* Trans-umbilical breast augmentation, a plastic surgical procedure * ''Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi'' (TÜBA), the

Turkish Academy of Sciences The Turkish Academy of Sciences ( tr, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi – TÜBA) is an autonomous scholarly association aimed at promoting scientific activities in Turkey. Although it is attached to the office of the Prime Minister and is largely fund ...

* TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses, a proposed replacement for Internet Protocol v4

Other uses

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Tubâ Tubâ () is a Filipino alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees. During the Spanish colonial period, tubâ was introduced to Guam, the Marianas, and Mexico via the Manila Galleons. They remain popular in Mexico, ...

'', Filipino palm wine, also found in Mexico, Guam, the Marianas, and Australia *

Tuba (given name) Tuba or Tuğba (also transliterated as Toba, Tooba, or Touba; ar, طُوبَىٰ, , lit. "blessedness"Ṭūbā (tree) Ṭūbā ( ar, طُـوْبَىٰ, lit=blessedness) is a tree which grows in Jannah ( ar, ٱلْـجَـنَّـة, Paradise, Garden) according to Islam. The term is mentioned in the Quran in Surah Al-Raad,verse 29 : (Those who believed, and work r ...

, a tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven *

Tuba Dei Tuba Dei (Latin for "God's Trumpet"), is the largest medieval bell in Poland and one of the largest medieval bells in Europe, hanging in the tower of Ss. Johns Cathedral in Toruń. It was cast in Toruń by local founder Martin Schmidt in 1500, a ...

, the largest medieval bell in Poland, in the tower of the Cathedral in Toruń * Tuba mirum, a mass liturgy *Tuba Records, a Scandinavian music distributor and owner of

Tabu Recordings Tabu Recordings is an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003 in Oslo. It is owned by Tuba Records, a major Scandinavian independent music distributor. The label focuses on releasing products from the Norwegian metal bands. Bands sig ...

Chief Tuba Tuba (also Tuvi or Toova; c. 1810–1887) was a Hopi leader in the late 19th century. Tuba was the headman of the small Hopi village of Moencopi, roughly fifty miles west of the main villages on the Hopi mesas. However, he apparently was a ...

(c. 1810–1887), leader of the Hopi nation * Cumulonimbus tuba, a column of cloud that may develop into a funnel cloud *An alternate name for the

Bidayat Tuba, also Bidayat (Bideyat), is a dialect of the Zaghawa language found in Chad and western Sudan. In contrast to their Zaghawa kin, Bidayat speakers are more nomadic. This difference led early ethnographers to refer to them as different gro ...

, an ethnic group in the Sudan and Chad *The singular name that the

Tubular people The Tubalars are an ethnic subgroup of the Altaians native to the Altai Republic in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were 1,965 Tubalars in Russia. In 2002 they were listed by the authorities within the indigenous small-numbered peopl ...

apply to themselves *The Indonesian word for the plant ''

Derris elliptica ''Derris eliptica'' is a species of leguminous plant from Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of ''D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison. Also known as ''derris powd ...

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