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oba

oba noun: a king of a Yoruba polity.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

  1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Proper noun capitalized: OBA

OBA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of One Bermuda Alliance.

Forms of oba

pluralobas
alternative formọba

Plural of oba: obas

Origin of oba

From Yoruba ọba.

Words formed from oba

Questions about oba

What does oba mean?
Oba means a king of a Yoruba polity.
What part of speech is oba?
Oba can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of oba?
The plural of oba is obas.

Words near oba in the dictionary

  1. Ob-Ugrian
  2. Ob-Ugric
  3. ob.
  4. OB/GYN
  5. OB/GYNs
  6. oba
  7. Oba.
  8. obacunone
  9. Obad.
  10. Obadiah
  11. obai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oba (page history and authors); OBA (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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