# Baba

Baba and similar words may refer to:

## Places
### Poland

* Baba, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
* Baba, Mogilno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
* Baba, Rypin County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
* Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

### Romania

* Baba, a village in Horea Commune, Alba County, Romania
* Baba, a village in Coroieni Commune, Maramureș County, Romania
* Baba, a tributary of the river Ghelința in Covasna County, Romania
* Baba, a tributary of the river Putna in Vrancea County, Romania

### Other countries

* Achi Baba (Turkish: Alçıtepe), a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, located in Çanakkale Province
* Baba mountain range, also known as Koh-i-Baba, in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan
* Baba Bakala, a historical town and tehsil in the Amritsar district in Punjab, India
* Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
* Babakale, a village in the Ayvacık District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey
* Baba, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province
* Baba, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
* Cape Baba, a cape in Turkey
* Imbaba, a working-class neighbourhood in Egypt

## People and characters

* 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
* Baba (honorific), an honorific used in several South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures
* Baba (Alevism), an Alevi religious leader

### Persons

* Baba (name), people with the name
* Babá (disambiguation), people with the name
* Gül Baba (disambiguation), people with the name
* Yutaka Baba (disambiguation), Japanese people with the name
* Baba Yaga (disambiguation), people with the name
* Baba clan, a Japanese samurai family that was associated with Kai Province
* Baba Ramdev, Indian Yog Guru (born 1965)
* Sai Baba, Indian mystic (1838–1918)
* Baba Farid, Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic (1188 – 1266)
* Baba Hari Dass, Indian yogi and writer (1923–2018)
* Baba Sehgal, Indian rapper (born 1965)

### Folklore

* Baba (goddess) or Bau, a Sumerian goddess from Lagash
* Baba (Egyptian god) or Babi, an Egyptian god in the shape of a baboon
* Baba Yaga, a mythical older female in Slavic folklore

### Fictional characters

* Baba (The Kite Runner), in The Kite Runner media
* Baba (Dragon Ball), in Dragon Ball media
* Baba, in Redbeard comics
* Baba, the player character in Baba Is You

## Arts and entertainment
### Films

* Baba (2000 film), a Chinese film
* Baba (2002 film), an Indian Tamil-language film starring Rajinikanth
* Bába (2008 film), a Czech short film
* Baba (2012 film), an Egyptian film
* Baba (2022 film) [tr], a Turkish drama television series

### Music

* "Baba", a song from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie by Alanis Morissette
* "Baba", a song from the 2001 self-titled Kelly Key album

## Food

* Baba (cake) or Babka, a Polish yeast cake
* Baba (bread), a type of bread made by the Naxi people of Yunnan, China

## Other uses

* Paopi or Baba, the second month of the Coptic calendar
* Kurgan stelae, anthropomorphic stone stella commonly known as baba in the East Ukraine
* Baba (yacht), a line of yachts built in Taiwan
* Baba (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal lamb made by Ty, Inc.
* beta-Aminobutyric acid (BABA), an isomer of Aminobutyric acid
* Alibaba Group Holding Limited (New York Stock Exchange stock symbol BABA)
* Babakale Castle (Turkish: Babakale Kalesi, Ottoman Turkish: Hırzü’l-Bahr), an 18th-century fortification at Babakale, Ayvacık, Turkey
* Babasakichō Station (馬場崎町駅, Babasakichō-eki), a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
* Takadanobaba, a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
* Zeze Station, a Railway Company station in Baba, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan