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Ababda

noun
Abab·da | \ ə-ˈbab-də \
variants: or Ababdeh \ə-ˈbab-de \
plural Ababda or Ababdas or Ababdeh or Ababdehs

Definition of Ababda 

1 : an Arabic-speaking mostly nomadic Beja people of Upper Egypt

2 : a member of the Ababda people

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First Known Use of Ababda

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for Ababda

borrowed from Arabic ʽAbābda (singular ʽabbādī)

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