Torba

See also: torba, torbà, torbă, and torbą

English

Etymology 1

From the initial letters of its main constituent islands: the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands.

Proper noun

Torba

1. The northernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Torba

1. A surname.
   • 2024 January 25, Liram Koblentz-Stenzler and Uri Klempner, Global Network on Extremism & Technology‎^[1]:

     In a post on his website from January 2023, Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab, an alt-right social media platform, shared his opinions on AI. Reinforcing this view, Torba explained that every single LLM (Large Language Model) system he worked with “is skewed with a liberal/globalist/talmudic/satanic worldview”.

Anagrams

• rabot, Bator, Tobar, Tabor, tobra, abort, Barot, Barto, boart, ORBAT, tabor

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish torba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾba/

Noun

Torba f (genitive Torba, plural Torbas)

1. (slang) bag, sack
   • 2022 April 2, “Ohne Sinn” (track 9, 1:22 from the start), in Mali of HoodBlaq (lyrics), BE.ELA.QU‎^[2]:

     Dicke Torbas im Park, versorg' Kunden mit Gras
     Kicken Freestyles aus Spaß, in mein Binks jeden Tag

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Torba [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Torba	die	Torbas
genitive	einer	der	Torba	der	Torbas
dative	einer	der	Torba	den	Torbas
accusative	eine	die	Torba	die	Torbas