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aroba

aroba is the alternative spelling of araba.

Meaning of araba

Noun

araba (plural arabas)

  1. (historical) A horse-drawn carriage once used for transportation in pre-modern Turkey.
    • No one but a native of the luxurious East could ever have invented an araba, with its comfortable cushions, and its gaily painted roof, and gilded pillars. The prettiest are those of brown and gold, with rose-coloured draperies, through which the breeze flutters to your cheek as blandly as though...1836, Julia Pardoe, City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks

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Forms of aroba

pluralarobas

Questions about aroba

What is aroba the alternative spelling of?
Aroba is the alternative spelling of araba.

Words near aroba in the dictionary

  1. aroallo
  2. aroallos
  3. Aroania
  4. aroar
  5. aroast
  6. aroba
  7. arobas
  8. Arocha
  9. Arochas
  10. Aroche
  11. Aroches

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