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Baba

Baba can mean:

Beb, an Egyptian god;
The word "father" in several languages, including Albanian, Urdu, etc.;
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838?-1918);
Bala Sai Baba an Indian guru;
Sathya Sai Baba (born circa 1926-1929), a famous Indian guru in Puttaparthi;
The male counterpart to the Nyonyas, Malaysian Straits-Chinese who have adopted local Malay customs, and who are known collectively as Peranakans;
Baba Yaga, a witch in old Slavic mythology, also mentioned in Hungarian folklore;
The word for "old woman" in some modern Slavic languages;
Urai Baba , a character in the anime series Dragon Ball and its sequels, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT;
The second month of the Coptic calendar;
The term for "Bye" in the Austrian German language ;
Babar, an elephant who is the central character of his eponymous cartoon series and books;
Baba, Afghanistan ;
One of the Bamileke ethnic groups of Cameroon.

See also: baba ganoush, a Middle Eastern meal

10-26-2009 08:16:03
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