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moab

Syllables: Mo·ab/ˈməʊ.æb/US/ˈmoʊ.æb/

moab is the alternative form of MOAB.

Proper noun capitalized: Moab

Moab

  1. The son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.
  2. The people who traditionally traced their ancestry to this son of Lot.
  3. A mountainous region of Jordan.
  4. A city, the county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States.
  5. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Moab Valley: a valley in Moab Grand Canyon, Utah, United States.
  6. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Moab Grand Canyon: a canyonland in Utah, United States.

Noun (1) capitalized: MOAB

MOAB (plural MOABs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Mother of all Bombs.
    1. GBU-43 (originally an acronym of Massive Ordnance Air Blast).

Noun (2) capitalized: moAb

moAb (plural moAbs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of monoclonal antibody.
    Synonyms:
    mAb

Synonyms of moab

Forms of moab

pluralmoabs
pluralMOABs
pluralmoAbs

Origin of moab

From Ancient Greek Μωάβ (Mōáb), from Biblical Hebrew מוֹאָב (môʾāḇ). Attested to as Moabite 𐤌𐤀𐤁 and Ancient Egyptian mwjbw N35A-M17-D58-G43-N25

Words formed from moab

Questions about moab

What does moab mean?
Moab means the son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.
What is moab the alternative form of?
Moab is the alternative form of MOAB.
What part of speech is moab?
Moab can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce moab?
Moab is pronounced /ˈməʊ.æb/ (UK).

Words near moab in the dictionary

  1. moa beds
  2. moa stone
  3. moa stones
  4. moa-nalo
  5. moa-nalos
  6. moab
  7. moabi
  8. moabis
  9. Moabite
  10. Moabites
  11. Moabitess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moab (page history and authors); Moab (page history and authors); MOAB (page history and authors); moAb (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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