abada

See also: abadá and Abadã

English

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badaq (“rhinoceros”).

Noun

abada (plural abadas)

  1. (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
  2. (mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
    • 1864, William Winwood Reade, Savage Africa (page 373)
      It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abada, about which they usually dispute; this one may see by the difference of their names, as well as by the difference of their body and parts […]

Anagrams

Bambara

Noun

abada

  1. eternity

Adverb

abada

  1. always, forever

French

Pronunciation

Verb

abada

  1. third-person singular past historic of abader

Ibaloi

Noun

abada

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Turkish

Noun

abada

  1. locative singular of aba
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