Meaning of bata | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of Bay Area Toll Authority.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. A surname.
3. A city in Litoral, Equatorial Guinea; the largest city in Equatorial Guinea.
4. A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
5. Alternative spelling of bata.
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.”

“Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.”

“Several days on, residents of Bata are still coming to grips with the full scale of a tragedy that has killed at least 105 people and injured more than 600 others.”

“Now BATA is increasing tolls again saying additional maintenance and repair costs were not factored into the 2018 measure.”

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