Yaba or YABA may refer to:
People
Yaba is a female given name associated with the
Akan people
The Akan () people are a kwa languages, Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano languages, Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano la ...
of West Africa, usually denoting a
girl born on a Thursday.
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Yaba Angelosi, South Sudanese American singer, songwriter, sound producer, film director, and entertainer
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Yaba Badoe (born 1954), Ghanaian-British filmmaker, journalist and author
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Yaba Blay (born 1974), Ghanaian-American professor, producer and publisher
Places
*, the capital of
Yaba Department
Yaba is a department or commune of Nayala Province in western Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Yaba. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 41,369.
Towns and villages
* (6 591 inhabitants) (capital)
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Yaba, Lagos
Yaba is a suburb located on Lagos Mainland, Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria. With its educational institutions and technological start-ups, Yaba is considered the technological hub of Lagos. Inaugurated in 2021, the ultra-modern Mobolaji Johnson C ...
, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria
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Yaba, Indonesia, a town in North Maluku, Indonesia
Other uses
* Yaba or
Ya ba
''Ya ba'' (, , literally 'crazy
pill') is a drug containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine. It was formerly known as ''yama'' (; literally 'horse drug'). Although it is illegal, it has considerable use in Southeast Asia.
It is also k ...
, tablets of methamphetamine and caffeine popular in south-east Asia
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Yaba monkey tumor virus
Acronyms
* Young American Bowling Alliance, one of the organisations that merged to form the
United States Bowling Congress in 2005
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Albany Airport (Western Australia) in Albany, Western Australia
* Yet Another Bloody Acronym, see
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