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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
.Derya Duman. "A Characterization of Turkish Personal Name Inventory". ''International Journal of the Sociology of Language.'' 165 (2004), p. 165. Retrieved 15 December 2011. It derives from the ṭūbā tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven. Other meanings ascribed are "blessedness", "good news", "pure beauty","delightful" and "life". The name is a modern Arabic borrowing into Turkish and has become a common female name in Turkey since the 1970s. It is often spelt ''Tuğba'' there, and that spelling has the same pronunciation as ''Tuba''.
People
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Toba Khedoori
Toba Khedoori (born 1964 in Australia) is an artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper.
Biography
Khedoori was born in Sydney of Jewish-Iraqi parentage an ...
(born 1964), Australian artist
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Tooba Siddiqui
Tooba Siddiqui, () is a Pakistani actress and model. Siddiqui started her career by starring in a Music Video "My Love" for pop singer Yasir Akhtar. She began modeling for the Pakistani fashion industry in the early 2000s. She has appeared in ...
(born 1984), Pakistani model
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Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer
Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born Hilal Tuba Tosun in 1970) is a Turkish retired female association football
referee and teacher of physical education by profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2000.
Early life
Hilal Tuba Tosun was bor ...
(born 1970), Turkish female referee
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Tuba Büyüküstün
Hatice Tûba Büyüküstün (; born 5 July 1982) is a Turkish actress. She is the recipient of several awards and one of Turkey's most popular and highest paid actresses.
Personal life
Büyüküstün's parents are from Erzurum. The maternal sid ...
(born 1982), Turkish television and film actress
* Tuba Dokur (born 1992), Turkish ice hockey player
* Tuba Ünsal (born 1981), Turkish actress and model
* Tuba Yenen (born 1991), Turkish karateka
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Ahu Tuğba
Ahu Tuğba (born Tuğba Çetin; August 13, 1955) is a Turkish actress.
Born into a wealthy family of Istanbul, she graduated from Istanbul's American High School for Girls, high school section for girls of Robert College, and attended, but no ...
(real name Tuğba Çetin, born 1963), Turkish actress
* Tuğba Danışmaz (born 1999), Turkish long jump and triple jump athlete
* Tuğba Daşdemir (born 1987), Turkish skier
* Tuğba Ekinci (born 1974), Turkish pop singer
* Tuğba Karademir (born 1985), Turkish figure skater
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Tuğba Karakaya
Tuba or Tuğba (also transliterated as Toba, Tooba, or Touba; ar, طُوبَىٰ, , lit. "blessedness"Tuğba Karataş (born 1992), Turkish footballer
* Tuğba Önal (born 1974), Turkish singer
* Tuğba Özay (born 1978), Turkish model-turned-singer and a famous star in Turkey
*Tuğba Özerk, Turkish singer
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Tuğba Palazoğlu
Emine Tuğba Palazoğlu (born 4 December 1980) is a Turkish former professional basketball player.
Honors
;Galatasaray
*Turkish Presidents Cup
**Winners (1): 2008
*EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the sec ...
(born 1980), Turkish professional basketball player
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Tuğba Şenoğlu
Tuğba Şenoğlu (born 2 February 1998) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays in the wing spiker position for Kurobe AquaFairies. She is part of the team which qualified for the Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Volleyball, pos ...
(born 1998), Turkish volleyball player
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Tuğba Taşçı
Tuğba Taşçı (born 19 August 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player, formally of Kayseri Kaski.
See also
* Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important t ...
(born 1984), Turkish professional basketball player
* Tuğba Yurt (born 1987), a Turkish singer
Places
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Masjid-e-Tooba
Masjid-e-Tooba or Tooba Mosque ( ur, مسجد طوبٰی) also known as Gol Masjid, is located in the city of Karachi, Sindh the province of Pakistan. It is situated in the phase 2 of DHA, Karachi, DHA (Defence Housing Authority), Karachi.
The co ...
Touba
Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: , 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 529,176 in 2010, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy ...
, city in Senegal
References
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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 ...
(also Tuvi or Toova) (1810–1887), Hopi leader in the late 19th century
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Tuba
The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...