# Baba

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**Baba** and similar words may refer to:

## Places

### Poland

- [Baba, Masovian Voivodeship](/source/Baba,_Masovian_Voivodeship) (east-central Poland)
- [Baba, Mogilno County](/source/Baba,_Mogilno_County) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
- [Baba, Rypin County](/source/Baba,_Rypin_County) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
- [Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship](/source/Baba,_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship) (west-central Poland)

### Romania

- Baba, a village in [Horea](/source/Horea,_Alba) Commune, [Alba County](/source/Alba_County), Romania
- Baba, a village in [Coroieni](/source/Coroieni) Commune, [Maramureș County](/source/Maramure%C8%99_County), Romania
- Baba, a tributary of the river [Ghelința](/source/Ghelin%C8%9Ba_River) in [Covasna County](/source/Covasna_County), Romania
- Baba, a tributary of the river [Putna](/source/Putna_(Siret)) in [Vrancea County](/source/Vrancea_County), Romania

### Other countries

- [Baba (Serbia)](/source/Baba_(Serbia)) (Баба), a mountain in central Serbia, east of the city of Paraćin
- [Baba (North Macedonia)](/source/Baba_(North_Macedonia)) (Баба or Baba Mountain, Баба Планина)
- Baba Station, the former name of [Zeze Station](/source/Zeze_Station), a railway station in Baba, Otsu City, Japan
- [Baba mountain range](/source/Baba_mountain_range), also known as *Koh-i-Baba*, in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan
- [Baba Bakala](/source/Baba_Bakala), a historical town and tehsil in the Amritsar district in Punjab, India
- [Baba Canton](/source/Baba_Canton), a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
- [Baba, Iran](/source/Baba,_Iran), a village in Kurdistan Province
- [Baba, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad](/source/Baba,_Kohgiluyeh_and_Boyer-Ahmad), a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
- [Cape Baba](/source/Cape_Baba), a cape in Turkey

## People and characters

- [Ali Baba](/source/Ali_Baba), a character in *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves*

### Titles and words for people

- *baba*, a familiar term for 'father' in many languages; see [Mama and papa](/source/Mama_and_papa)
- [Baba (honorific)](/source/Baba_(honorific)), an honorific used in several South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures
- [Baba (Alevism)](/source/Baba_(Alevism)), an Alevi religious leader

### Persons

- [Baba (name)](/source/Baba_(name)), people with the name
- [Babá (disambiguation)](/source/Bab%C3%A1_(disambiguation)), people with the name
- [Gül Baba (disambiguation)](/source/G%C3%BCl_Baba_(disambiguation)), people with the name
- [Yutaka Baba (disambiguation)](/source/Yutaka_Baba_(disambiguation)), Japanese people with the name
- [Baba Yaga (disambiguation)](/source/Baba_Yaga_(disambiguation)), people with the name
- [Baba clan](/source/Baba_clan), a Japanese samurai family that was associated with Kai Province
- [Baba Rexheb](/source/Baba_Rexheb) (1901–1995), an Albanian Muslim scholar and Sufi
- [Ramdev Baba](/source/Ramdev_Baba) (born 1965), Indian yoga teacher
- Sayaka Baba, a Japanese singer and actress, former member of [HKT48](/source/HKT48)
- [Sai Baba](/source/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi), Indian mystic (1838–1918)
- [Baba Farid](/source/Baba_Farid), Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic (1188 – 1266)
- [Baba Hari Dass](/source/Baba_Hari_Dass), Indian yogi and writer (1923–2018)

### Folklore

- [Baba (goddess)](/source/Baba_(goddess)) or Bau, a Sumerian goddess from [Lagash](/source/Lagash)
- [Baba (Egyptian god)](/source/Baba_(Egyptian_god)) or Babi, an Egyptian god in the shape of a baboon

### Fictional characters

- [Baba (*The Kite Runner*)](/source/Baba_(The_Kite_Runner)), a character in *The Kite Runner* media
- [Baba (*Dragon Ball*)](/source/Baba_(Dragon_Ball)), a character in *Dragon Ball* media
- Baba, a character Indonesian drama series in *[Aladin & Alakadam](/source/Aladin_%26_Alakadam)*
- Baba, a character in [*Redbeard* comics](/source/Redbeard_(comics))
- Baba, a character in *[Puffin Rock](/source/Puffin_Rock)*
- Baba, the player character in *[Baba Is You](/source/Baba_Is_You)*
- Baba (オババ), a character Japanese animation in *[Bastard!!](/source/List_of_Bastard!!_characters)*

## Arts and entertainment

### Films

- [*Baba* (2000 film)](/source/Baba_(2000_film)), a Chinese film
- [*Baba* (2002 film)](/source/Baba_(2002_film)), an Indian Tamil-language film starring Rajinikanth
- [*Bába* (2008 film)](/source/B%C3%A1ba_(2008_film)), a Czech short film
- [*Baba* (2012 film)](/source/Baba_(2012_film)), an Egyptian film

### Music

- "Baba", a song from *[Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie](/source/Supposed_Former_Infatuation_Junkie)* by Alanis Morissette
- "Baba", a song from [the 2001 self-titled Kelly Key album](/source/Kelly_Key_(2001_album))

## Food

- [Baba (cake)](/source/Baba_(cake)) or Babka, a Polish yeast cake
- [Rum baba](/source/Rum_baba), a small yeast cake saturated in syrup made with hard liquor, usually rum
- [Baba (bread)](/source/Baba_(bread)), a type of bread made by the Naxi people of Yunnan, China

## Other uses

- [Paopi](/source/Paopi) or Baba, the second month of the Coptic calendar
- [Kurgan stelae](/source/Kurgan_stelae), anthropomorphic stone stella commonly known as baba in the East Ukraine
- [Baba (yacht)](/source/Baba_(yacht)), a line of yachts built in Taiwan
- [Baba (Pillow Pal)](/source/Baba_(Pillow_Pal)), a Pillow Pal lamb made by Ty, Inc.
- [beta-Aminobutyric acid](/source/Beta-Aminobutyric_acid) (BABA), an isomer of Aminobutyric acid
- [Alibaba Group](/source/Alibaba_Group) Holding Limited (New York Stock Exchange stock symbol BABA)

## See also

- [Ali Baba (disambiguation)](/source/Ali_Baba_(disambiguation))
- [BA (disambiguation)](/source/BA_(disambiguation))
- [BA2 (disambiguation)](/source/BA2_(disambiguation))
- [Babaji (disambiguation)](/source/Babaji_(disambiguation))
- [Bhabha (disambiguation)](/source/Bhabha_(disambiguation))
- [Babai (disambiguation)](/source/Babai_(disambiguation))
- [Babar (disambiguation)](/source/Babar_(disambiguation))
- [Babu (disambiguation)](/source/Babu_(disambiguation))
- [Babo (disambiguation)](/source/Babo_(disambiguation))
- [Babul (disambiguation)](/source/Babul_(disambiguation))
- [Baba Ahmad (disambiguation)](/source/Baba_Ahmad_(disambiguation))
- [Baba Mountain (disambiguation)](/source/Baba_Mountain_(disambiguation))
- [Baba Nation](/source/Baba_Nation), a Norwegian soul/funk band
- [Baba Vanga](/source/Baba_Vanga) (1911–1996), a Bulgarian mystic known as Grandmother (Baba) Vanga
- [Baba Zula](/source/Baba_Zula) (also stylized as BaBa ZuLa), a Turkish alternative musical group
- [Standing Baba](/source/Standing_Baba), a Hindu who has vowed to stand
- [Baba ghanoush](/source/Baba_ghanoush), a Middle Eastern eggplant dish
- [Rum baba](/source/Rum_baba), a cake saturated in rum
- [Godman (India)](/source/Godman_(India))
- [Peranakan](/source/Peranakan), an ethnic group in Southeast Asia also known as *Baba-Nyonya*
- *[Baba is You](/source/Baba_is_You)*, a puzzle game released in 2019

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