Aballaba

Latin

Alternative forms

• Aballava

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *abalnā (“apple tree”), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (“apple”), said to be named for an apple orchard.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbal.la.ba/, [äˈbälːʲäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbal.la.ba/, [äˈbälːäbä]

Proper noun

Aballaba f sg (genitive Aballabae); first declension

1. A Roman fortification in north-west Cumbria, on Hadrian's Wall

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aballaba
genitive	Aballabae
dative	Aballabae
accusative	Aballabam
ablative	Aballabā
vocative	Aballaba
locative	Aballabae

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbal.la.baː/, [äˈbälːʲäbäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbal.la.ba/, [äˈbälːäbä]

Proper noun

Aballabā f

1. ablative of Aballaba

References

• “Aballaba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly