chuba

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noun

A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.

OriginTibetan ཕྱུ་པ ← Arabic جُبَّة →
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Meanings

chuba1

nounchuba (plural chubas)

plural chubas

  1. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.

    DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama.

    2007 November 4, Shaila Dewan, “Emory's Little Tibet”, in New York Times

Chuba2

proper nounChuba (plural Chubas)

plural Chubas

  1. A surname from Ukrainian.

Origin

chuba · noun

  1. Arabicجُبَّة
  2. Tibetanཕྱུ་པ
  3. Englishchuba

Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah.

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Chuba · proper noun

  1. UkrainianЧуба
  2. EnglishChuba

Borrowed from Ukrainian Чуба (Čuba).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BuchaBachu
Cite this entry
APA

chuba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuba

MLA

“chuba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuba. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chuba,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuba.

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