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abada

/əˈbɑːdə/

abada noun: the rhinoceros.

Noun

abada (plural abadas)

  1. (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
  2. A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
    • It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abada, about which they usually dispute; this one may see by the difference of their names, as well as by the difference of their body and parts […]1864, William Winwood Reade, Savage Africa, page 373

abada meaning in Urdu and Kannada

abada in Urdu

گینڈا

abada in Kannada

ಘೇಂಡಾಮೃಗ

Forms of abada

pluralabadas

Origin of abada

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

Questions about abada

What does abada mean?
Abada means the rhinoceros.
What is abada in Urdu?
Abada in Urdu is گینڈا. See Abada meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is abada?
Abada is a noun.
How do you pronounce abada?
Abada is pronounced /əˈbɑːdə/.
What is the plural of abada?
The plural of abada is abadas.

Words near abada in the dictionary

  1. abaculi
  2. abaculus
  3. abacus
  4. abacuses
  5. Abad
  6. abada
  7. Abadan
  8. abadas
  9. abadavine
  10. abadavines
  11. Abaddan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abada (page history and authors); abada (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abada (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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