abaya
IPA: ʌbˈɑjʌ
noun
- Synonym of aba
- A surname from Tagalog.
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Examples of "abaya" in Sentences
- Pinned to the abaya was a message that read, “She was a collaborator against Islam.”
- The abaya is a long over-garment essentially a robe-like dress with black as the most predominant color among Muslim women.
- A small minority of Muslim women in certain parts of the world wear what is known as the abaya (black cloak) and the niqab (face veil).
- State Department guidelines note, for example, that the religious police can "pressure women to wear" the full-length black covering known as an abaya, "and to cover their heads."
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