Arba

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Araba \A*ra"ba\, n. [Written also {aroba} and {arba}.] [Ar. or
     Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.]
     A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often
     covered. [Oriental]
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to
           admit the air                            --Balfour
                                                    (Cyc. of
                                                    India).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Arba
     four, a giant, father of Anak. From him the city of Hebron
     derived its name of Kirjath-arba, i.e., the city of Araba (Josh.
     14:15; 15:13; 21:11; Gen. 13:18; 23:2). (See {HEBRON}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Arba, four