1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Aba

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Aba

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Aba. (1) A form of altazimuth instrument, invented by, and called after, Antoine d'Abbadie; (2) a rough homespun manufactured in Bulgaria; (3) a long coarse shirt worn by the Bedouin Arabs.