Bab or BAB can refer to: Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith Bab-ı Âli, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire Báb, Nitra District, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia Bab Ballads, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, Bab Back-arc basin, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in d20 System RPG games Beale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAB), in California Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, an academic journal Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946–2013), Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, a powerful Russian oligarch in self-imposed exile in London from 2001 Build America Bonds, a type of municipal bond created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Bunty Aur Babli, a 2005 Indian film German autobahns or Bundesautobahn, federal motorways in Germany B. A. Baracus, character on 1980s action series The A-Team The British Aikido Board, a federation of independent Aikido associations within the United Kingdom Babcock International (stock symbol BAB) Balcombe railway station, a railway station in Sussex, England See also Babs (disambiguation) (includes BABS) Babb Babs (disambiguation) Babe (disambiguation) Baby (disambiguation) Babel (disambiguation)