califa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈli.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ifa
• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

califa m (plural califes)

1. caliph

• califat

• khalifa (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -ifɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)

• “califa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “califa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”). Displaced patrimonial instance halifa as borrowed directly from Andalusian Arabic خَلِيْفَة (ẖalífah).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph

• “califa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025