Jaffa

See also: jaffa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا (yāfā), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō), equivalent to Hebrew יָפָה (yafá, beautiful), related to Akkadian 𒅀𒁍 (yapu, beautiful).

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 city in western Israel)

Declension

Further reading