Baba and similar words may refer to:

Places

Baba mountain range The Baba Mountain range ( ps, بابا غر Bâbâ Ǧar; fa, کوه بابا Kōh-i Bābā; or Kūh-e Bābā; ''Kōh'' or ''Kūh'' meaning ′mountain′, ''Bābā'' meaning ′father′) is the western extension of the Hindu Kush, and the ori ...

, also known as ''Koh-i-Baba'', in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan * Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador * Baba, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province * Baba, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran *

Baba, Masovian Voivodeship Baba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łyse, within Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Łyse, north of Ostrołęka, and north of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, W ...

(east-central Poland) * Baba, Mogilno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *

Baba, Rypin County Baba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skrwilno, within Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Skrwilno, south-east of Rypin, and east of Toruń. Referenc ...

in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *

Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship Baba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzykosy, within Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. References
Villages in Środa Wielkopolska County, Baba {{ŚrodaWielkopolska-ge ...

(west-central Poland) * Baba, a village in

Horea Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731 in Arada, Principality of Transylvania (now Horea, Romania) – 28 February 1785 in Karlsburg (now Alba Iulia, Romania), commonly known as Horea (in Hungarian sometimes ''Hóra'') was a Transylvanian peasant who, with ...

Commune, Alba County, Romania * Baba, a village in Coroieni Commune, Maramureș County, Romania * Baba, a tributary of the river Ghelința in Covasna County, Romania * Baba, a tributary of the river Putna in Vrancea County, Romania *

Baba River (Ouham) Baba and similar words may refer to: Places * Baba mountain range, also known as ''Koh-i-Baba'', in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan * Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador * Baba, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province * Baba, Ko ...

, in Central African Republic, a tributary of the Ouham River * Baba River, in North Macedonia, noted for Kolešino Falls *

Cape Baba Cape Baba ( tr, Baba Burnu) or Cape Lecton ( grc, Λεκτόν), is the westernmost point of the Turkish mainland, making it the westernmost point of Asia. It is located at the village of Babakale ("Father Castle"), Ayvacık, Çanakkale, in the his ...

, a cape in Turkey

People and characters

Ali Baba "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the '' One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

, a character in ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves''

Titles and words for people

* ''baba'', a familiar term for 'father' in many languages; see

Mama and papa In linguistics, mama and papa are considered a special case of false cognates. In many languages of the world, sequences of sounds similar to and mean "mother" and "father", usually but not always in that order. This is thought to be a coincid ...

Baba (honorific) Baba "father, grandfather, wise old man, sir";Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.) is an honorific term, of Persian origin, used in several West Asian and South As ...

, an honorific used in several South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures *

Baba (Alevism) An Alevi and sunni religious leader related to a Dede in Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shi ...

, an Alevi religious leader

Persons

* Baba (name), people with the name * Baba clan, a Japanese samurai family that was associated with Kai Province

Folklore

* Baba (goddess) or Bau, a Sumerian goddess from

Lagash Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: ''Lagaš''), was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Ash Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash (modern Al-Hiba) w ...

* Baba (Egyptian god) or Babi, an Egyptian god in the shape of a baboon *

Baba Yaga In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, also spelled Baba Jaga (from Polish), is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman. In fairy tales Baba Yaga flies around in a ...

, a mythical older female in Slavic folklore

Fictional characters

* Baba (''The Kite Runner''), in ''The Kite Runner'' media * Baba (''Dragon Ball''), in ''Dragon Ball'' media * Baba, in '' Redbeard'' comics *Baba ( Baba Is You)

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''Baba'' (2000 film), a Chinese film * ''Baba'' (2002 film), a Tamil film * ''Bába'' (2008 film), a Czech short film * ''Baba'' (2012 film), an Egyptian film

Music

* "Baba", a song from ''

Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' is the fourth studio album and second internationally released album by singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 3, 1998. The album was positively rec ...

'' by Alanis Morissette

Food

* Baba (cake) or Babka, a Polish yeast cake * Baba (bread), a type of bread made by the Naxi people of Yunnan, China

Other uses

Paopi Paopi ( cop, Ⲡⲁⲱⲡⲉ, ''Paōpe''), also known as Phaophi ( grc-gre, Φαωφί, ''Phaōphí'') and Babah. ( ar, بابه, ''Baba''), is the second month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between 11 October and 9 Novem ...

or Baba, the second month of the Coptic calendar *

Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae ( Mongolian: ; Russian: ; Ukrainian: "stone babas"; ky, балбал ) or Balbals ( ''balbal'', most probably from a Turkic word ' meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather") are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, i ...

, anthropomorphic stone stella commonly known as baba in the East Ukraine * Baba (yacht), a line of yachts built in Taiwan * Baba (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal lamb made by Ty, Inc. * beta-Aminobutyric acid (BABA), an isomer of Aminobutyric acid * Alibaba Group Holding Limited (New York Stock Exchange stock symbol BABA)