Obá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oba"

Portuguese

Obá

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Ọbà.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈba/ [ɔˈβa]

• Homophone: obá

Proper noun

Obá f

1. (religion) an orisha and river divinity, believed to be the spirit of the Oba river, and was the senior wife of Shango
2. Oba (a river in Nigeria)