Home › Words › A › abayaabaya/əˈbeɪ.jə/abaya means A surname from Tagalog.abaya is pronounced /əˈbeɪ.jə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Tagalog Abaya.nameA surname from Tagalog.nounSynonym of aba.e.g.“France will bar children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, the government said this week.” — 2023 August 28, Aurelien Breeden, “France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abazin 74% match — Synonym of Abaza. vs abaya →abayaed 72% match — Dressed in an abaya. vs abaya →aba 68% match — A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. vs abaya →babanriga 68% match — Synonym of agbada. vs abaya →ababua 67% match — Synonym of Boa (“member of ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo”). vs abaya →abassian 67% match — Synonym of Abyssinian. vs abaya →abbatical 66% match — Synonym of abbatial. vs abaya →buibui 64% match — Synonym of chador (“Muslim women's garment”). vs abaya →