English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic العَقَبَة (al-ʕaqaba, literally “the obstacle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈakəbə/, enPR: ăkʹə-bə
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑkəbə/, /ˈɑkəbɑ/, enPR: äʹkə-bə, äʹkə-bä
- Hyphenation: Aqa‧ba
Proper noun
Aqaba
- A city and governorate in Jordan, on the Red Sea.
Derived terms
Translations
city in Jordan
- Arabic: العَقَبَة f (al-ʕaqaba)
- Hijazi Arabic: العَقَبة f (al-ʕagaba)
- Armenian: Ակաբա (Akaba)
- Azerbaijani: Aqaba (az)
- Bulgarian: Ака́ба f (Akába)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 亞喀巴 / 亚喀巴 (zh) (Yàkābā, Yǎkābā)
- Finnish: Akaba (fi)
- Georgian: აკაბა (aḳaba)
- German: Akaba (de) n
- Greek: Άκαμπα (el) f (Ákampa)
- Ancient: Βερενῑ́κη f (Berenī́kē), Αἴλανα f (Aílana), Αἴλανος ? (Aílanos)
- Hebrew: עַקַבָּה (he) f (ákaba)
- Italian: Aqaba f, Acaba (it) f
- Japanese: アカバ (Akaba)
- Korean: 아카바 (Akaba)
- Latin: Aelana f
- Persian: عقبه (fa) ('aqabe)
- Portuguese: Acaba f, Aqaba f, Akaba f
- Russian: Ака́ба (ru) f (Akába)
- Turkish: Akabe
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Aqaba f
- alternative spelling of Acaba