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Meanings of boba in English

Russian
pearl tea
Portuguese
chá de bolhas
Spanish
bubble tea
Catalan
te de bombolles
Wikidata

Taiwanese tea-based drink containing tapioca pearls.

        pearl tea
        Russian
        баба
        Spanish
        babka
        Catalan
        babka
        Wikidata

        Eastern European sweet yeast cake in the form of a tall cylinder, sometimes with corrugations resembling a skirt’s pleats (hence the name, which means “grandmother”)

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            баба
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            Examples for "baba"
            Examples for "baba"
            1
            A rum baba with caramelised apples is well made and equally sweet.
            The Guardian
            2
            No drinking and minding the baba when Marion was off to shop.
            The ginger man
            3
            Many in the industry call him 2baba - the daddy of Nigerian hip-hop.
            BBC
            4
            Celebrating the achievements of Jacob Zuma as president Happy birthday baba.
            The South African
            5
            Put the baba aside and brushed feverishly away the thing on his chest.
            A singular man
            1
            Needless to say, we ate a lot of chocolate babka.
            The Storyteller
            2
            Roast potatoes and briskets, pierogi, babka.
            The Storyteller
            3
            You bet your babka I am.
            Love, life and linguine
            4
            Some sweet-toothed shoppers inquired about black-and-white iced cookies and chocolate babka, a loaf dessert akin to a flaky pound-cake.
            The Guardian
            5
            I've got some nice babka.
            Seeing stars
            1
            The telegram said that Bobka had been very ill with pneumonia but was now out of danger.
            The new yorker
            2
            She had died a few moments earlier when she had received a telegram about her son, Bobka, who was in America.
            The new yorker

            Starch balls used as food.

                  Usage of boba in English
                  1
                  Also known as boba tea, it seems as though you can't go anywhere in the world right now without seeing someone clutching the colourful drink.
                  News.com.au
                  2
                  Local Lobala and Boba tribesmen have for months feuded over fishing rights.
                  Reuters
                  3
                  His last image was of Boba Fett watching him turn into carbonite.
                  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                  4
                  I have to admit, it makes her look less like Boba Fett.
                  Leaving Time
                  5
                  Enjoys arguing about whether Batman or Boba Fett would win in a fight.
                  Wired
                  6
                  The blinded space pirate swung his long spear in Boba's direction.
                  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                  7
                  Something that for some unknown reason are not called Boba Fettlebells.
                  Wired
                  8
                  One other similarity is that Boba Fett can be picked up for free.
                  Wired
                  9
                  Boba Fett rushed in, leading a squad of six Imperial stormtroopers.
                  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
                  10
                  The Boba is said to sit in the corn which is left standing last.
                  The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
                  11
                  Even Boba Fett is a better role model than Terrell Owens or Kobe Bryant.
                  Wired
                  12
                  The very sight of Boba Fett sent a shudder of revulsion through the admiral.
                  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
                  13
                  There sat Jabba, Ishi Tib, Bib, Boba, and several guards.
                  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                  14
                  Boba Fett stumbled up just then, still a little dizzy from the exploding shell.
                  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                  15
                  Boba Fett remained motionless, an arrogant sneer all but visible behind his ominous mask.
                  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                  16
                  At the far end of the huge banquet table stood the bounty hunter Boba Fett.
                  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back