Baba

Template:Sister project Baba and similar words may refer to:

Places

Poland

• Baba, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Baba, Mogilno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
• Baba, Rypin County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
• Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Romania

• Baba, a village in Horea Commune, Alba County, Romania
• Baba, a village in Coroieni Commune, Maramureș County, Romania
• Baba, a tributary of the river Ghelința in Covasna County, Romania
• Baba, a tributary of the river Putna in Vrancea County, Romania

Other countries

• Achi Baba (Turkish: Alçıtepe), a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, located in Çanakkale Province
• Zeze Station, formerly named Baba Station, a railway station in Baba, Otsu City, Japan
• Baba Amr, a city district in southwestern Homs in central Syria
• Baba mountain range, also known as Koh-i-Baba, in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan
• Baba Bakala, a historical town and tehsil in the Amritsar district in Punjab, India
• Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
• Baba Ramazan (Persian: بابارمضان, also Romanized as Bābā Ramaẕān), a village in Hezarmasjed Rural District, in the Central District of Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Baba Gurgur (Arabic: بابا كركر, Kurdish: بابە گوڕگوڕ ,Babagurgur), an oil field and gas flame near the city of Kirkuk, which was the first to be discovered in Northern Iraq
• Baba, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province
• Baba, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Cape Baba, a cape in Turkey
• Imbaba, a working-class neighbourhood in Egypt

People and characters

• Ali Baba, a character in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Titles and words for people

• baba, a familiar term for 'father' in many languages; see Mama and papa
• Baba (honorific), an honorific used in several South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures
• Baba (Alevism), an Alevi religious leader

Persons

• Baba (name), people with the name
• Babá (disambiguation), people with the name
• Gül Baba (disambiguation), people with the name
• Yutaka Baba (disambiguation), Japanese people with the name
• Baba Yaga (disambiguation), people with the name
• Baba clan, a Japanese samurai family that was associated with Kai Province
• Sarı Saltık alternatively spelled as Sarı Saltuk and also referred as Sarı Saltuk Baba or Dede, was a 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the Bektashi Sufi Muslims in the Balkans
• Shaykh Hamid-i Vali (Turkish: Şeyh Hamid-i Veli) (1331–1412), better known by his sobriquet Somunju Baba (Turkish: Somuncu Baba), was an ascetic teacher of Islam in Bursa, Turkey
• Baba Ramdev, Indian Yog Guru (born 1965)
• Telli Baba, a Muslim saint and Shaykh of the Qadiri Sufi order buried on the Bosphorus coast in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul
• Koyunbaba (or Seyit Ali) was a saint who lived in the city of Osmancık in Çorum Province, Turkey
• Sayaka Baba, a Japanese singer and actress, former member of HKT48
• Sai Baba, Indian mystic (1838–1918)
• Baba Farid, Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic (1188 – 1266)
• Baba Hari Dass, Indian yogi and writer (1923–2018)
• Baba Haruna (born 2002), Ghanaian footballer
• Baba Sehgal, Indian rapper (born 1965)
• Baba Raila Odinga, an honarary informal title to former Prime Minister of Kenya (1945-2025)

Folklore

• Baba (goddess) or Bau, a Sumerian goddess from Lagash
• Baba (Egyptian god) or Babi, an Egyptian god in the shape of a baboon
• Baba Yaga, a mythical older female in Slavic folklore
• Baba Tomor or Baba Tomorr ('Father Tomorr'), a name of the father god, used in central Albanian mythology and folklore to refer to the father of gods and humans
• Baba Marta (Bulgarian: Баба Марта, "Granny March"), a name of the Bulgarian mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of the spring
• Arikura-no-baba (蟻鞍の婆, ant-saddle hag), a Japanese character from the folklore of Gifu Prefecture
• Oshiroibabā (Japanese: 白粉ばばあ; lit. "oshiroi (white facial powder) old woman") or Oshiroibabā-san (白粉ばあさん), a Japanese yōkai old woman from the Totsukawa river in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture
• Amazake-babaa (Template:RubyTemplate:RubyTemplate:Ruby, amazake hag) or amazake banbā, a Japanese old woman yōkai from the folklore of Miyagi Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture
• Mikaribaba (箕借り婆), a Japanese yōkai of a one-eyed old woman in stories and customs of the Kantō region
• Noel Baba (Father Noel), a Turkish and Arabic version of Père Noël, which is a widely celebrated figure for New Year celebrations, substituting Christmas Holiday in predominantly Christian countries

Fictional characters

• Baba (The Kite Runner), a character in The Kite Runner media
• Baba (Dragon Ball), a character in Dragon Ball media
• Baba, a character in Redbeard comics
• Baba, a character in Puffin Rock
• Baba, the player character in Baba Is You
• Baba (オババ), a character Japanese animation in Bastard!!
• An Baba (馬場 杏), a character Japanese animation in The 100 Girlfriends
• Yubaba (湯婆婆), a character Japanese animation in Sprited Away
• Kiyoshi Baba (馬場 清), a character Japanese animation in Hinamatsuri
• Ippei Baba (馬場 一平), a Japanese actor in the film Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Kana Baba (馬場 カナ), a Japanese actress in the film Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Hiroshi Baba (馬場 寛司), a Japanese actor in the film Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Ayako Baba (馬場 彩子), a Japanese actress in the film Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Yoshio Baba (馬場 芳郎), a character Japanese animation in A Certain Magical Index
• Sunakake Babaa (砂かけ婆), a character Japanese animation in GeGeGe no Kitarō

Arts and entertainment

Films

• Baba (2000 film), a Chinese film
• Baba (2002 film), an Indian Tamil-language film starring Rajinikanth
• Bába (2008 film), a Czech short film
• Baba (2012 film), an Egyptian film

Music

• "Baba", a song from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie by Alanis Morissette
• "Baba", a song from the 2001 self-titled Kelly Key album

Food

• Baba (cake) or Babka, a Polish yeast cake
• Baba (bread), a type of bread made by the Naxi people of Yunnan, China

Other uses

• Sozenji Baba, a 1928 Japanese film
• Adauchi sōzenji baba, a 1957 Japanese film
• Paopi or Baba, the second month of the Coptic calendar
• Kurgan stelae, anthropomorphic stone stella commonly known as baba in the East Ukraine
• Onibaba, a 1964 Japanese horror film
• Baba (yacht), a line of yachts built in Taiwan
• Baba (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal lamb made by Ty, Inc.
• beta-Aminobutyric acid (BABA), an isomer of Aminobutyric acid
• Alibaba Group Holding Limited (New York Stock Exchange stock symbol BABA)
• Takadanobaba, a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
• Prank of Bardakçı Baba ("master glass maker" in Turkish), consisted of the creation of a fake tomb of a Sufi mystic who never existed, in Istanbul's Fulya quarter

See also

• Ali Baba (disambiguation)
• BA (disambiguation)
• BA2 (disambiguation)
• Babaji (disambiguation)
• Bhabha (disambiguation)
• Babai (disambiguation)
• Babar (disambiguation)
• Babu (disambiguation)
• Babo (disambiguation)
• Babul (disambiguation)
• Baba Ahmad (disambiguation)
• Baba Mountain (disambiguation)
• Baba Nation, a Norwegian soul/funk band
• Baba Vanga (1911–1996), a Bulgarian mystic known as Grandmother (Baba) Vanga
• Baba Zula (also stylized as BaBa ZuLa), a Turkish alternative musical group
• Standing Baba, a Hindu who has vowed to stand
• Baba ghanoush, a Middle Eastern eggplant dish
• Rum baba, a cake saturated in rum
• Godman (India)
• Peranakan, an ethnic group in Southeast Asia also known as Baba-Nyonya
• Baba is You, a puzzle game released in 2019
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