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Araba

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]

The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air
--Balfour (Cyc. of India).

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araba

alt. A carriage used in Turkey and Asia Minor drawn by horses or oxen. n. A carriage used in Turkey and Asia Minor drawn by horses or oxen.

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Araba

Araba may refer to:

Araba (album)

Araba is the first internationally released album released in 1999 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.

Araba (carriage)

An araba (from Arabic: عربة, araba or ) (also arba or aroba) is a carriage (such as a cabriolet or coach), wagon or cart drawn by horses or oxen, used in Turkey and neighboring countries. It is usually heavy and without springs (when it has springs it is called yaylı, shorter form of "yaylı araba" or "araba with springs") and often covered. In modern Turkish, the word araba is also used for a car (automobile).

Usage examples of "araba".

Stamboul in an araba drawn by horses, when calmly and dispassionately considered, would appear to be perfectly consistent with the maintenance of the Mahometan religion as by law established.

She gave her full attention to the Araba handsome, dark-skinned man with a full mustache but a hairless chin, which he plucked meticulously every evening, to the wincing fascination of her men.

Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein invited me to witness the signing ceremony on October 26, in the Wadi Araba border crossing in the great Rift Valley.

The wounded were sent down in arabas and litters to the ships, a painful journey of three miles.

Long lines of arabas, laden with provisions and stores, crawled slowly along between Balaklava and the front.

When scarcely yet of age he had invaded India from the frontiers of Russia, and that so swiftly, that measuring by the time of his flight the broad dominions of the king of kings were shrivelled up to a dukedom and now, poor fellow, he was to be poked into an araba: like a Georgian girl!

Stamboul in an araba drawn by horses, when calmly and dispassionately considered, would appear to be perfectly consistent with the maintenance of the Mahometan religion as by law established.

White flakes stuck to their clothing and to the shaggy fur of the ponies pulling the arabas.