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moab

/ˈmoʊ.æb/

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What does moab mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of MOAB.
  2. Acronym of Mother of all Bombs.
  3. GBU-43 (originally an acronym of Massive Ordnance Air Blast).
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Abbreviation of monoclonal antibody.

proper noun

  1. The son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.
  2. The people who traditionally traced their ancestry to this son of Lot.
  3. A mountainous region of Jordan.
  4. A city, the county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States.
  5. Ellipsis of Moab Valley: a valley in Moab Grand Canyon, Utah, United States.
  6. Ellipsis of Moab Grand Canyon: a canyonland in Utah, United States.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmoʊ.æb/

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Moab begot a son, and Ammon had six sons, and the descendants of both were numerous exceedingly.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
What is the Phoenician form for g as found on the Moab stone?
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032
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The cities of Belgium were the reflection of the cities of Moab.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Vital MessageProject Gutenberg ebook #439
In that city Lot dwelt a little while; and there was he made drunk of his daughters, and lay with them, and engendered of them Moab and Ammon.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
The elders of Moab and Midian came to Balaam "with the rewards of divination in their hand" (Numbers xxii, 7).
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566