eba

Meanings

nouneba (uncountable)

uncountableA stiff dough made by soaking garri in hot water and kneading it with a baton.
I don’t grumble, even though eba clings to surfaces, especially wooden ones, like superglue.
2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 18

proper noun

abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Everything but Arms.
1 more example
“The key responsibility here falls on the UK,” Hopewell said. “In order to prevent a major drop in LDC (least developed country) exports, it urgently needs to replicate the terms of the EU GSP and the EBA treaty and ensure that these arrangements are in place before the UK leaves the EU on March 29.”
2019 February 4, Emily Dixon, “The developing countries with the most to fear from Brexit”, in CNN

From Yoruba ẹ̀bà.

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Chicago

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