Aba may refer to:

Animals

Gymnarchus The African knifefish, ''Gymnarchus niloticus'' – also called the ''aba aba'' – is an electric fish, living at the bottoms of rivers and lakes. It is the only species in the genus ''Gymnarchus'' and the family Gymnarchidae, within the or ...

'' (or ''aba''), an electric fish

People

Clans

* ''Aba (family)'', in Hungary *

Aba people The Aba (), who also call themselves the Aba Kizhi are a clan of the Shor people of Russia. They live along the Tom River in the general vicinity of Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk (, , ; )Чиспияков Э. Ф. (1992) ''Учебник шорс ...

, in Russia *

Hape people The Hape people were a Native American tribe of the Coahuiltecan group. They lived in the region of present-day Texas until their eradication in the late 17th century. Spanish chroniclers also recorded the tribe name as Ape, Jeapa, Xape, Aba, Ara, G ...

, in North America

In arts and entertainment

* Aba Bayefsky, Canadian artist and teacher * Aba Cercato, Italian television presenter *

Vilmos Aba-Novák Vilmos Aba-Novák (, until 1912: ; March 15, 1894 – September 29, 1941"Aba Novák, Vilmos."
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, a Hungarian painter

Rulers

Aba, ruler of Olba Aba (flourished 1st century BC) was a female Tyrant ruler of the state of Olba in Ancient Anatolia. Life She was the daughter of the tyrant (absolute ruler) Zenophanes (or Xenophanes) of the Olba kingdom in Cilicia (present-day Turkey). Her fat ...

Samuel Aba Samuel Aba (; before 990 or 1009 – 5 July 1044) reigned as King of Hungary between 1041 and 1044. He was born to a prominent family with extensive domains in the region of the Mátra Hills. Based on reports in the ''Gesta Hungarorum'' and ...

, 11th-century Hungarian king

Other people

Aba I Aba I (or, with his Syriac honorific, Mar Aba I) or Mar Abba the Great was the Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552. He introduced to the church the anaphoras of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius beside ...

, patriarch of the Church of the East from 540 to 552 *

Aba II Aba II (641–751) was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch ...

, patriarch of the Church of the East from 741 to 751 *

Aba Andam Professor Aba A. Bentil Andam (born 1948) is a Ghanaian particle physics, particle physicist who was President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences from 2017 to 2019. She is the first Ghanaian female physicist. Early life and education Aba A ...

, Ghanaian physicist *

Johnny Aba Johnny Aba (born 3 March 1956) is a Papua New Guinean professional feather/ super feather/lightweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s who won the Papua New Guinea featherweight title, Papua New Guinea lightweight title, and Commonwealth super fe ...

(born 1956), a Papua New Guinean boxer

Places

Africa

Aba, Nigeria Aba is a city in southeastern Nigeria. It lies along the west bank of the Aba River and is at the intersection of roads leading to settlements such as Port Harcourt, Owerri, Umuahia, Ikot Ekpene, and Ikot-Abasi. Aba was established by t ...

Aba River (Nigeria) The Aba River is a river in southern Nigeria. A tributary of Imo river that runs through the city of Aba, Nigeria. Its headwater is in Okpu-Umuobo area (Isiala-Okpu and Mgboko-Umuette autonomous communities) Osisioma Ngwa LGA in the Ngwa heart ...

Aba Island Aba Island is an island on the White Nile to the south of Khartoum, Sudan. It is the original home of the Mahdi in Sudan and the spiritual base of the Umma Party. History Aba Island was the birthplace of the Mahdiyya, first declared on Ju ...

, on Sudan's White Nile river *

Aba, Democratic Republic of the Congo Aba is a city in the northeast of the Haut-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; it is near the border with South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It ...

Asia

* Aba (Russia), a river *

Aba, Okayama was a village in the north of Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sharing a border with Tottori Prefecture. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 669 and a population density of 15.90 persons per km2. The total area was ...

, Japan * Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China **

Aba County Ngawa County (, zh, s=阿坝县 , p=Ābà Xiàn), or Aba or Ngaba, is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the remote northwest ...

*** Aba, Sichuan *

Upu The Universal Postal Union (UPU, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system. It has 192 member states and is headquartered in Be ...

(also transliterated ''Aba''), a historic region around Damascus

Europe

Aba, Hungary Aba is a town in Fejér County, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and s ...

Religion and mythology

Aba (mythology) In Greek mythology, Aba () was a Thracian naiad nymph from the town of Ergisce in Ciconia. She became the mother of a son Ergiscus by Poseidon, after whom Çatalca (Ergisce) took its name. Aba is presumed to be a daughter of the river Hébros () ...

, Hellenic Thracian naiad nymph *

Anglican Province of Aba The Anglican Province of Aba is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 9 dioceses: *Anglican Diocese of Aba, Aba (Christian Ugwuzor) *Anglican Diocese of Aba Ngwa North, Aba Ngwa North (Nathan Kanu) *Anglica ...

, Nigeria *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba takes its name from the major commercial city of Aba in Abia State, Nigeria. Aba Diocese was created from Umuahia Diocese on April 2, 1990. Its first diocesan bishop, Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, CSSp, was in ...

, Nigeria * Aba, the Great Spirit of

Choctaw mythology Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, a Native American tribe originally occupying a large territory in the present-day Southeastern United States: much of the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. In the 19th cen ...

Other uses

* Aba (''Dune''), a robe in the fictional ''Dune'' universe * ''Aba'' (film), a 2008 Sri Lanka film * Aba Women's War, period of unrest in colonial Nigeria * A short form of

Abaya The abaya (colloquially and more commonly, ', especially in Literary Arabic: '; plural ', '), sometimes also called an aba, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in the Muslim world including m ...

, a middle eastern robe *

Applied behavioral analysis Applied behavior analysis (ABA), also referred to as behavioral engineering, is a behavior modification system based on the principles of respondent and operant conditioning. ABA is the applied form of behavior analysis; the other two are: ra ...