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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island territory of the Netherlands in the West Indies between St. Martin and St. Eustatius. Settled by the Dutch c. 1640, the island is the cone of an extinct volcano.
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- proper noun An
island in the southern part of theCaribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela, a special municipality of theNetherlands .
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- noun a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
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SABA: SHABWA, July 26 (Saba) - A security source in the Security Committee of the governorate of Shabwa said on Monday that a group of 15 Al-Qaeda members attacked on Sunday a military checkpoint on road of al-Qala'ah - Safer.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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Saba is the Italian equivalent of petimezi, Greek grape must syrup and a specialty of the island where we have a home.
Archive 2008-03-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Saba is the Italian equivalent of petimezi, Greek grape must syrup and a specialty of the island where we have a home.
Recipe: Thyme-Braised Lentils with Petimezi and Pan-Fried Salmon (Φακές με Πετιμέζι και Σολομός στο Tηγάνι) Laurie Constantino 2008
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His group informally went by the name Saba, both within the bank and among rival trading groups.
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Cesar Saba is 23 (three years); RH Eudy Morel is 22 (three years);
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It looks to improve on our success achieved in fiscal year '11 and believe fiscal year '12 will be characterized by Saba's continued rapid migration to the SaaS business model, product innovation and accelerating top line growth.
unknown title 2011
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Saba, having built the city from him called Saba, and afterwards Mareb, made a vast mound, or dam,3 to serve as a basin or reservoir to receive the water which came down from the mountains, not only for the use of the inhabitants, and watering their lands, but also to keep the country they had subjected in greater awe by being masters of the water.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) George Sale 1716
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I thought I'd get away with 'Saba' but some woman on a wildlife programme has turned up called Saba ...
Character names in historical fiction Carla 2006
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A major exhibit, opening this week, combines artifacts from Yemeni museums with some of the British Museum's own rarely seen Arabian treasures to help trace the development of Sheba's wealthy kingdom, called Saba by its eighth-century B.C. inhabitants.
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Their chiefe citie is called Saba, and stondeth vpon a hyll.
ruzuzu commented on the word Saba
The Queen of Sheba.
May 23, 2010