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 or ...

, also known as ''Koh-i-Baba'', in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan * Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador *

Baba, Iran Baba ( fa, بابا, also Romanized as Bābā; also known as Bāra, Bārah, Bāveh, and Bāwa) is a village in Gol-e Cheydar Rural District Gol-e Cheydar Rural District ( fa, دهستان گلچيدر) is a rural district Rural districts were ...

, a village in Kurdistan Province * Baba, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * Baba, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Baba, Mogilno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Baba, Rypin County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Baba, a village in Horea 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), in Central African Republic, a tributary of the Ouham River * Baba River, in North Macedonia, noted for Kolešino Falls * Cape Baba, 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 coin ...

* Baba (honorific), an honorific used in several South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures * Baba (Alevism), an Alevi religious leader

Persons

* Baba (name), people with the name *

Baba clan is a Japanese samurai family which was associated with Kai Province. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Baba" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 4 retrieved 2013-4-11. Hi ...

, a Japanese samurai family that was associated with Kai Province

Folklore

Baba (goddess) Bau, also read Baba (cuneiform: 𒀭𒁀𒌑 '' dBa-U2''), was a Mesopotamian goddess. The reading of her name is a subject of debate among researchers, though Bau is considered the conventional spelling today. While initially regarded simply as ...

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) ...

Baba (Egyptian god) Babi, also Baba, in ancient Egyptian religion, was the deification of the hamadryas baboon, one of the animals present in ancient Egypt. His name is usually translated as "bull of the baboons", roughly meaning "chief of the baboons". Since bab ...

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 Redbeard or Red Beard may refer to: People * Frederick Barbarossa (Redbeard), another name for Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122–1190) * Oruç Reis or Redbeard (''Barbarossa'') (1474–1518), Ottoman naval commander * Hayreddin Barbarossa ...

'' 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'' 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 or Baba, the second month of the Coptic calendar * Kurgan stelae, 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)