tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

is a musical instrument that plays notes in the bass clef. Tuba can also refer to:

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Roman tuba The Roman tuba, or trumpet was a military signal instrument used by the ancient Roman military and in religious rituals. They would signal troop movements such as retreating, attacking, or charging. As well as when guards should mount, sleep, or ...

, a straight trumpet of ancient Rome * Tuba curva, a revival of the Roman ''cornu'' *

Wagner tuba The Wagner tuba is a four-valve brass instrument named after and commissioned by Richard Wagner. It combines technical features of both standard tubas and French horns, though despite its name, the Wagner tuba is more similar to the latter, and ...

, an instrument like the tuba curva (cornu)

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Tuba (river) The Tuba (russian: Туба́) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia in Russia. It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Kazyr (Казыр) and Amyl (Амы́л) and is a right tributary of the Yenisey. The length of the river proper is ...

, a tributary of the Yenisey in Siberia, Russia * Tuba, Benguet, a municipality in the Philippines * Tuba, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran *A Palestinian village east of At-Tuwani, in the South

Hebron Hills The Hebron Hills, also known as Mount Hebron ( ar, جبل الخليل, translit=Jabal al-Khalīl, he, הר חברון, translit=Har Hevron), are a mountain ridge, geographic region, and geologic formation, comprising the southern part of the J ...

*An ancient Middle Eastern city, the contemporary Umm el-Marra *

Tuba City, Arizona Tuba City ( nv, ) is an unincorporated town in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, United States. It is the second-largest community in Coconino County. The population of the census-designated place (CDP) was 8,611 at the 2010 cen ...

, a city in the United States named after Chief Tuba *

Tubas (city) Tubas (; ar, طوباس, ''Tûbâs'') is a Palestinian city in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, west of the Jordan Valley. A city of over 63,000 inhabitants, it serves as the economic and administrative center of the Tubas ...

, a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank

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* Trans-umbilical breast augmentation, a plastic surgical procedure * ''Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi'' (TÜBA), the Turkish Academy of Sciences * TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses, a proposed replacement for Internet Protocol v4

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Tubâ Tubâ () is a Filipino alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees. During the Spanish colonial period, tubâ was introduced to Guam, the Marianas, and Mexico via the Manila Galleons. They remain popular in Mexico ...

'', Filipino palm wine, also found in Mexico, Guam, the Marianas, and Australia * Tuba (given name), also spelt Tuğba * Ṭūbā (tree), a tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven * Tuba Dei, the largest medieval bell in Poland, in the tower of the Cathedral in Toruń * Tuba mirum, a mass liturgy *Tuba Records, a Scandinavian music distributor and owner of

Tabu Recordings Tabu Recordings is an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003 in Oslo. It is owned by Tuba Records, a major Scandinavian independent music distributor. The label focuses on releasing products from the Norwegian metal bands. Bands si ...

* Chief Tuba (c. 1810–1887), leader of the Hopi nation *

Cumulonimbus Cumulonimbus (from Latin ''cumulus'', "heaped" and ''nimbus'', "rainstorm") is a dense, towering vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. ...

tuba, a column of cloud that may develop into a funnel cloud *An alternate name for the Bidayat, an ethnic group in the Sudan and Chad *The singular name that the Tubular people apply to themselves *The Indonesian word for the plant ''

Derris elliptica ''Derris eliptica'' is a species of leguminous plant from Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of ''D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison. Also known as ''derris powd ...

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