Tuba

Tuba (plural Tuba)

1. (music) Abbreviation of bass tuba.

Derived from Ibaloi tuva (“a method of fishing”). An old man who was living in the area used a saligo fruit to make fishes dizzy and making fishing easier. People then started calling his place "Tuva".

Tuba

1. A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

   Meronyms: Ansagan, Camp Four, Camp One, Camp Three, Nangalisan, Poblacion, San Pascual, Tabaan Norte, Tadiangan, Taloy Norte, Taloy Sur, Twin Peaks — barangays of Tuba

   Coordinate terms: Atok, Bakun, Bokod, Buguias, Itogon, Kabayan, Kapangan, Kibungan, La Trinidad, Mankayan, Sablan, Tuba, Tublay — municipalities of Benguet

• Batu, Taub, abut, batu, buat, buta, tabu

Borrowed from Arabic طُوبَى (ṭūbā).

• IPA^(key): [tuˈbɑ]

Tuba (definite accusative Tubanı, plural Tubalar)

1. (Islam) Ṭūbā (tree in al-Janna)

Tuba (plural Tuba)

1. (music) abbreviation of tuba basse (“bass tuba”)

• Tube (medicine only)

18th century, learned borrowing from Latin tuba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːba/

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• Hyphenation: Tu‧ba

Tuba f (genitive Tuba, plural Tuben or Tubas)

1. (music) tuba (wind instrument)
2. (medicine) a tubular organ, such as the Fallopian tube

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪uː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Tu‧ba

Tuba (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

1. a municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

• Tûbâ

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوبی (tuba), from Arabic طُوبَى (ṭūbā).

Tuba

1. (Islam) Ṭūbā (tree in al-Janna)
2. a female given name from Arabic