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abaya

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈbeɪ.jə/Part of speech nounSorted aaabyStarts with AEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women

Word origin

From Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya). Compare aba. First attested in 1856.

Used in a sentence

  • France will bar children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.
  • Outside, Ferraris and McLarens idled in front of restaurants while men in white kanduras and women in black abayas moved through malls lined with every luxury brand on earth.

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