Jaffa

• Joppa
• Yafo

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑfə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæfə/

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• Rhymes: -æfə

Jaffa

2. A port in western Israel.

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.

• Jaffa cake
• Jaffa orange

• IPA^(key): [ˈjafa]

Jaffa f (relational adjective jaffský)

1. Jaffa (a port city in western Israel)

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