Saba
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Saba
- An island and special municipality in the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea; in the southern part of the Caribbean off the west coast of Venezuela.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Proper noun edit
Saba
- Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.
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Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Saba
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Etymology 4 edit
Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).
Proper noun edit
Saba (plural Sabas)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saba is the 8822th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3712 individuals. Saba is most common among White (76.32%) and Hispanic/Latino (9.54%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Sa‧ba
Proper noun edit
Saba n
- An island and special municipality in the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Proper noun edit
Saba f
Proper noun edit
Saba m
- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Saba m
- Saba, an island in the Caribbean Netherlands
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈs̠äbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈsäːbä]
Proper noun edit
Saba f sg (variously declined, genitive Saba or Sabae); indeclinable, first declension
Declension edit
Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Saba |
Genitive | Saba Sabae |
Dative | Saba Sabae |
Accusative | Saba Sabam |
Ablative | Saba Sabā |
Vocative | Saba |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Saba
References edit
- Saba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Saba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Saba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly