Meanings
juba1
nounjuba (plural jubas)
plural jubas
- An American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.
His cast and Ms. Romero offered advice and insights on everything from the kind of coat that a central character would wear to the staging of the juba, an African dance at the end of Act I.
2009 April 23, Patrick Healy, “Director’s Race Adds to Drama for an August Wilson Revival”, in New York Times
Juba2
proper noun
- historicalA male given name from Latin, notably borne by kings of Numidia.
Juba3
Juba4
proper noun
- The capital city of South Sudan.
- metonymicallyThe South Sudan government.
Origin
Juba · proper noun
- LatinJuba
- EnglishJuba
From Latin Juba, variant of Iuba.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Juba · proper noun
- SomaliJubba
- EnglishJuba
From Somali Jubba.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Juba, Joeba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
- Joebacapital of South Sudan
Arabic جُوبَا
- جُوبَا (jūbā)capital of South Sudan
Bengali জুবা
- জুবা (juba)capital of South Sudan
Bulgarian Джу́ба
- Джу́ба (Džúba)capital of South Sudan
Catalan Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Chinese Cantonese 朱巴
- 朱巴 (zyu¹ baa¹)capital of South Sudan
Chinese Mandarin 朱巴
- 朱巴 (Zhūbā)capital of South Sudan
Czech Džuba
- Džubacapital of South Sudan
Danish Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Dutch Djoeba, Juba
- Djoebacapital of South Sudan
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Esperanto Ĵubo, Ĝubo
- Ĵubocapital of South Sudan
- Ĝubocapital of South Sudan
Estonian Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Finnish Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
French Djouba
- Djoubacapital of South Sudan
German Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Greek Τζούμπα
- Τζούμπα (Tzoúmpa)capital of South Sudan
Hebrew ג׳וּבָּה
- ג׳וּבָּה (juba)capital of South Sudan
Hindi जुबा
- जुबा (jubā)capital of South Sudan
Hungarian Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Icelandic Júba
- Júbacapital of South Sudan
Indonesian Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Irish Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Italian Giuba
- Giubacapital of South Sudan
Japanese ジュバ
- ジュバ (Juba)capital of South Sudan
Korean 주바
- 주바 (Juba)capital of South Sudan
Latvian Džūba
- Džūbacapital of South Sudan
Lithuanian Džuba
- Džubacapital of South Sudan
Malay Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Norwegian Bokmål Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Persian جوبا
- جوبا (jubâ)capital of South Sudan
Polish Dżuba
- Dżubacapital of South Sudan
Portuguese Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Romanian Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Russian Джу́ба
- Джу́ба (Džúba)capital of South Sudan
Slovak Juba, Džúbá
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
- Džúbácapital of South Sudan
Spanish Yuba
- Yubacapital of South Sudan
Swedish Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Tagalog Juba
- Jubacapital of South Sudan
Tamil ஜூபா, யூபா
- ஜூபா (jūpā)capital of South Sudan
- யூபா (yūpā)capital of South Sudan
Thai จูบา
- จูบา (juu-baa)capital of South Sudan
Turkish Cuba
- Cubacapital of South Sudan
Ukrainian Джу́ба
- Джу́ба (Džúba)capital of South Sudan
Urdu جوبا
- جوبا (jubā)capital of South Sudan
Vietnamese Giu ba
- Giu bacapital of South Sudan
Yiddish דזשובאַ
- דזשובאַ (dzhuba)capital of South Sudan
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Cite this entry
APA
juba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juba
MLA
“juba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juba. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “juba,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juba.
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