Meaning and background
The story behind Koba
Koba is recorded as a diminutive of Iakob. Following the explicit reference leads to a form of Jacob used in Greek Biblical texts and in Georgian personal naming, where the same tradition also covers the apostles called James in English. The short form thus has a documented name-family connection across different transliterations. A family choice of Koba can preserve that relationship without deriving a meaning from its modern Latin-letter shape.
- Origin
- Diminutive of Iakob, a Jacob form used in Greek Biblical and Georgian naming traditions. Source · Source 2
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About Koba
Recorded as a dog’s name
Koba appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/koʊbɑ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/koʊbɑ/ · primary stress on syllable 1K OW1 B AA0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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