Jaffa

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English

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Etymology

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

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Jaffa

  1. A port in western Israel.

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Noun

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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.
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Czech

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Proper noun

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Jaffa f (related adjective jaffský)

  1. Jaffa (a port city in western Israel)

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Further reading

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  • Jaffa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Jaffa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989