Saba

See also: saba, sabá, saba', and säbä

English

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.bə/

Proper noun

Saba

2. An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Saba Island
• Saban
• Saba Rock

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩巴島 / 萨巴岛 (Sàbā Dǎo)

• Danish: Saba
• Dutch: Saba (nl) n
• Estonian: Saba (et)
• Irish: Saba
• Russian: Са́ба (ru) f (Sába)
• Spanish: Saba (es)

Etymology 2

From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

Proper noun

Saba

1. Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.

Synonyms

• Sheba

Derived terms

• Sabaean, Sabean

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Saba

1. An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Saba terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).

Proper noun

Saba (plural Sabas)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saba is the 8822^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧ba

Proper noun

Saba n

1. Saba (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: Sà‧ba

Etymology 1

From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

Proper noun

Saba f

1. (biblical) Sheba

Proper noun

Saba m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Saba m

1. Saba (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela)

Anagrams

• basa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈsäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba/, [ˈsäːbä]

Proper noun

Saba f sg (genitive Saba or Sabae); indeclinable, variously declined, first declension

1. (biblical) Sheba

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Saba
genitive	Saba Sabae
dative	Saba Sabae
accusative	Saba Sabam
ablative	Saba Sabā
vocative	Saba

Descendants

• Italian: Saba

References

• 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