ba

Definitions

1. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
   Egyptian
2. Father, baba.
   colloquial, singular-normally
3. A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
   historical, singular-normally, uncountable
4. Abbreviation of bathroom.
   abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally
5. A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.
6. Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)
   Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
7. Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. Initialism of British Airways.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
9. Initialism of business analyst.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
10. Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
11. Initialism of breast augmentation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
12. Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
13. Initialism of Basic Authentication.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
14. Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia.
    abbreviation, alt-of
15. Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil.
    abbreviation, alt-of
16. Initialism of bongkrek acid.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
17. Initialism of breathing apparatus.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore⟳ and repress his experience⟳.”

“But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide⟳ to speak⟳ to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive⟳.”

“The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.”

“2 beds, 1 ba”

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