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laba

/lˈɑbə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
la-ba
IPA
/lˈɑbə/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.

name

Ellipsis of Laba Festival.

name

A surname from Polish.

Etymology

From Laba Festival, a partial calque of the Mandarin form of Chinese 臘八節 /腊八节 (Làbājié), q.v.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, 臘八節, Łaba

Inflected Forms

LABAs (plural)

Phrases

Laba congee Laba porridge

Frequently Paired Words

SABA

Rhymes With

saba sabah gaba aqaba amitabha escanaba indaba caba rubalcaba ruvalcaba

Questions

How do you pronounce laba?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɑbə/.
What does laba mean?
Initialism of long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
Where does laba come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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