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Baba can mean:
- Beb, an Egyptian god;
- The word "father" in several languages, including Albanian, Urdu, etc.;
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838?-1918);
- Bala Sai Baba an Indian guru;
- Sathya Sai Baba (born circa 1926-1929), a famous Indian guru in Puttaparthi;
- The male counterpart to the Nyonyas, Malaysian Straits-Chinese who have adopted local Malay customs, and who are known collectively as Peranakans;
- Baba Yaga, a witch in old Slavic mythology, also mentioned in Hungarian folklore;
- The word for "old woman" in some modern Slavic languages;
- Urai Baba, a character in the anime series Dragon Ball and its sequels, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT;
- The second month of the Coptic calendar;
- The term for "Bye" in the Austrian German language;
- Babar, an elephant who is the central character of his eponymous cartoon series and books;
- Baba, Afghanistan;
- One of the Bamileke ethnic groups of Cameroon.
See also: baba ganoush, a Middle Eastern meal
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