It is a kind of large arepuela made with mass of Mapuey tuber Caribbean ) they filled with cheese and then FRY. It is typical of the Central Dominican Republic, almost always sold at street carts, along with other fried foods.
It is the name of a genus of nocturnal moth.The naboas are also some croquettes stuffed with cheese known as yahas. made with flour from mapuey, a tuber of America tropical.
NABOA: genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.