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Bab (toponymy) The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic language, Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half o ...

, a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" *

Set (mythology) Set (; Egyptological: ''Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ'' or: Seth ) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as (). Set had a positive role where he accom ...

(also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian god *

Bab (Shia Islam) The term ''bāb'' () was used in early Shia Islam for senior disciples, and authorised deputies, of the current Imam. Less commonly, the term is also applied to the Imams themselves, as well as to Muhammad and other prophets in Islam. Origins The ...

, a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam *

Báb The Báb (born ʻAlí-Muḥammad; ; ; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was an Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbai ...

(Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith *

Bab-ı Âli The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte ( or ''Babıali''; ), was a synecdoche or metaphor used to refer collectively to the central government of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul. It is particularly referred to the building ...

, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Báb, Nitra District Báb is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region. History The village was created in 1955 from the merger of two formerly independent villages, ''Malý Báb'' and ''Velký Báb''. Veľký B� ...

, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia *

Bab Ballads ''The Bab Ballads'' is a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), illustrated with his own comic drawings. The poems take their name from Gilbert’s childhood nickname. He later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". In wri ...

, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, ''Bab'' *

Back-arc basin A back-arc basin is a type of geologic Structural basin, basin, found at some convergent boundary, convergent plate boundaries. Presently all back-arc basins are submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones, with many found ...

, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones * "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in

d20 System The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, originally developed for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The system is named after ...

RPG games *

Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base in Yuba County, California, Yuba County, California. It is outside Linda, California, Linda, about east of the towns of Marysville, California, Marysville and Yuba City, and abo ...

(IATA airport code: BAB), in California * ''

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry ''Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering biotechnology applied to medicine, veterinary medicine, and diagnostics. Topics covered include the expression, extraction, purification, formulatio ...

'', an academic journal *

Boris Berezovsky (businessman) Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (, ; 23 January 1946 – 23 March 2013), also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He had the fede ...

(1946–2013), Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, a powerful Russian oligarch in self-imposed exile in London from 2001 *

Build America Bonds Build America Bonds are taxable municipal bonds that carry special tax credits and federal subsidies for either the bond issuer or the bondholder. Build America Bonds were created under Section 1531 of Title I of Division B of the American Recovery ...

, a type of municipal bond created by the ''American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009'' * ''

Bunty Aur Babli ''Bunty Aur Babli'' (transl. ''Bunty and Babli'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali, written by Jaideep Sahni from a story by Aditya Chopra, and produced by Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film s ...

'', a 2005 Indian film *

Bundesautobahn The (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. Much of t ...

(BAB), federal motorways in Germany * B. A. Baracus, character on 1980s action series ''The A-Team'' * The British Aikido Board, a federation of independent

Aikido Aikido ( , , , ) is a gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practic ...

associations within the United Kingdom * British Agriculture Bureau, the Brussels office of the

National Farmers' Union of England and Wales The National Farmers' Union (NFU) is an employer association representing farming and growing businesses within England and Wales. The NFU originated as the Lincolnshire Farmers' Union (LFU) which was founded in 1904. Over the next four year ...

National Farmers' Union of Scotland The National Farmers' Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland, NFUS) is an employer association organisation that represents the interests of the Scotland's farming industry. It was formed in 1913, and has approximately 10,000 members who are farmers ...

, and

Ulster Farmers' Union The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) is a member organisation/industry association for farmers in Northern Ireland. The UFU was formed in 1918 and currently claims over 12,500 members. Presidency Previous Presidents of the UFU included Basil Brooke, ...

Babcock International Babcock International Group plc is a British aerospace, defence and nuclear engineering services company based in London, England. It specialises in managing complex assets and infrastructure. Although the company has civil contracts, its main b ...

(stock symbol BAB) *

Balcombe railway station Balcombe railway station is a stop on the Brighton Main Line, serving the village of Balcombe, in West Sussex, England. It lies down the line from , via , and is situated between and . It is managed by Southern, but trains calling at the s ...

, a railway station in Sussex, England * ''Bab'' (play), a 1920 Broadway play by

Edward Childs Carpenter Edward Childs Carpenter (1872–1950) was an American writer of novels and plays and a stage director in the early through mid-20th century.James Fisher: "Carpenter, Edward Childs (1872–1950)" in ''The Historical Dictionary of the American Th ...

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