Saba

See also: saba, sabá, saba', and säbä

English

Proper noun

Saba

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

Synonyms

• (Sheba): Sheba

Derived terms

• (Caribbean island): Saban
• (South Arabian civilization): Sabaean, Sabean

Translations

island

• Danish: Saba
• Estonian: Saba (et)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Са́ба (ru) f (Sába)
• Spanish: Saba

Anagrams

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun 1

Saba f Template:wiki

1. (biblical) Sheba

Proper noun 2

Saba m

1. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Sheba

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Saba m Template:wiki

1. Saba, an island in the Caribbean Netherlands.

Anagrams

• basa

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Saba f sg (genitive Sabae); first declension

1. (biblical) Sheba

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Saba
Genitive	Sabae
Dative	Sabae
Accusative	Sabam
Ablative	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