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Webster 1913 Edition


juba


ju′ba

,
Noun.
;
pl.
jubæ
(-bē)
.
[L., a mane.]
1.
(Zool.)
The mane of an animal.
2.
(Bot.)
A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.

Definition 2024


Juba

Juba

See also: juba

English

Proper noun

Juba

  1. The capital city of South Sudan.

Translations


Finnish

Proper noun

Juba

  1. Juba (capital of South Sudan)

Declension

Inflection of Juba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Juba
genitive Juban
partitive Jubaa
illative Jubaan
singular plural
nominative Juba
accusative nom. Juba
gen. Juban
genitive Juban
partitive Jubaa
inessive Jubassa
elative Jubasta
illative Jubaan
adessive Juballa
ablative Jubalta
allative Juballe
essive Jubana
translative Jubaksi
instructive
abessive Jubatta
comitative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Juba f

  1. Juba (the capital city of South Sudan)

juba

juba

See also: Juba

English

Noun

juba (plural jubae)

  1. (zoology) The mane of an animal.
  2. (botany) A loose panicle whose axis falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.

Etymology 2

Noun

juba (plural jubas)

  1. An American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.
    • 2009 April 23, Patrick Healy, “Director’s Race Adds to Drama for an August Wilson Revival”, in New York Times:
      His cast and Ms. Romero offered advice and insights on everything from the kind of coat that a central character would wear to the staging of the juba, an African dance at the end of Act I.


Estonian

Adverb

juba

  1. already, yet

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin iuba (mane).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒu.βɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒu.bɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ju‧ba

Noun

juba f (plural jubas)

  1. mane (lion)

See also