Jaffa

See also: jaffa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا‎ (yāfā).‎

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æfə

Proper noun

Jaffa

  1. A port in western Israel.

Translations

Noun

Jaffa (plural Jaffas)

  1. (informal) A Jaffa orange.
    • 2005, Barbara Anderson, Collected stories
      They were together, at the flicks on Saturday night, eating Jaffas and smiling at each other occasionally in the dark.

Czech

Proper noun

Jaffa f

  1. Jaffa (port city in western Israel)

Further reading
  • Jaffa in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Jaffa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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