Aboona

Aboona or Abuna (Syriac: ܐܒܘܢܐ‎) is a Syriac title of religious figures literally means "our father". The name is also used in Arabic and Amharic with the same meaning. (See Abuna) A renowned Church of the East and later Chaldean Catholic family from Alqosh is also known by this name.

Title

Main article: Abuna

List of Abunas of Ethiopia

Surname

Jacob Abuna (d. 1553), Syrian Metropolitan of India.
Eliya Abuna (1862-1955), Bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Hirmis Aboona (1940-2009), Iraqi Assyrian historian.

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