Aqaba

English

Alternative forms

• Akaba (dated)

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

1. A city in Jordan, on the Red Sea.

Derived terms

• aqabamycin
• Gulf of Aqaba

Translations

city in Jordan

• Arabic: العَقَبَة f (al-ʕaqaba)

  Hijazi Arabic: العَقَبة f (al-ʕagaba)

• Armenian: Ակաբա (Akaba)
• Azerbaijani: Aqaba (az)
• 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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Aqaba f

1. Alternative spelling of Acaba