abbas
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of abbas
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of abba
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of abba
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(obsolete)abbot
“Abbot (Abbas) in French Abbè [abbé] […] him that in the convent or fellowſhip of Canons hath the rule and preheminence.”
name
- A male given name from Arabic.
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A surname from Arabic.
“There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."”
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(England)A placename affix, denoting previous ownership by an abbey
“[It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas[.]”
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Etymology
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
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