Jaffa

See also: jaffa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا (yāfā), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō).

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑfə/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæfə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • 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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈjafa]

    Proper noun

    Jaffa f (relational adjective jaffský)

    1. Jaffa (a port in western Israel)

    Declension

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