"Abuna" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɑˈbu.nɑ/ [US]
Etymology: Portuguese Abunã Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|Abunã}} Portuguese Abunã Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Abuna (uncountable)
  1. A river in northeastern Bolivia that forms part of its border with Brazil. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Titles Categories (place): Places in Bolivia, Rivers in Bolivia Translations (river in the border between Bolivia and Brazil): Abunã [masculine] (Portuguese), Abuná [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Abuna-en-name-ZQe0jx6z Disambiguation of Titles: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /əˈbuː.nə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbu.nə/ [US] Forms: Abunas [plural]
Etymology: From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو (ʔabū), a form of أَب (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا (-nā, “our”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gez|አቡነ||our father}} Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), {{der|en|ar|أَبُونَا||our father}} Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), {{m|ar|أَبُو}} أَبُو (ʔabū), {{m|ar|أَب||father}} أَب (ʔab, “father”), {{m|ar|ـنَا||our}} ـنَا (-nā, “our”), {{root|en|ar|ء ب و}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} Abuna (plural Abunas)
  1. The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-Abuna-en-noun-VZXXSrsa Disambiguation of Titles: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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