baba
pronunciation
How to pronounce baba in British English:
UK [ˈbɑ:bɑ:]
How to pronounce baba in American English:
US ['bɑbɑ]
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- Noun:
- a small cake leavened with yeast
Word Origin
- baba (n.)
- kind of plum cake, 1827, from French baba (19c.), said by French etymology dictionaries to be from Polish baba.
Example
- 1. I heard somebody at the security call me ali baba .
- 2. Were forced to retreat from baba amr this week .
- 3. Baba 's house was a good kilometer away .
- 4. The siege of baba amr , which left as many as 1000 civilians dead , has been the most prolonged clash in a month-long campaign to subdue rebel strongholds .
- 5. For 10 months , mr. baba has tried to keep the town unified after its displacement .