Jaffa

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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɑfə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæfə/
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• rhymes with -æfə
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• /ˈd͡ʒæfə/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH AE1 F AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō)bor. Arabic يَافَا (yāfā)bor. English Jaffa Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا (yāfā), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō).

From Jaffa, an ancient port city in Israel from which the oranges were exported. The sense "impotent male" is a reference to being "seedless"; see seed. The cricketing sense, of a 'sweet ball' (from the bowler's perspective), is a metaphor further reinforced in Australian English where Jaffa is also a trademark for a popular lolly that is red and round.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Arabic: يَافَا (yāfā) — a port in western Israel
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܿܦܹܐ (yōpē) — a port in western Israel
• Armenian: Յաֆֆա (Yaffa) — a port in western Israel
• Armenian: Յաֆա (Yafa) — a port in western Israel
• Basque: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Bengali: ইয়াফা (iẏapha) — a port in western Israel
• Bulgarian: Яфо (Jafo) — a port in western Israel
• Bulgarian: Яфа (Jafa) — a port in western Israel
• Catalan: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Cherokee: ᏦᏈ (tsoqui) — a port in western Israel
• Chinese Mandarin: 雅法 (Yǎfǎ) — a port in western Israel
• Coptic: Ⲓⲟⲡⲡⲏ (Ioppē) — a port in western Israel
• Czech: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Danish: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Dutch: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Egyptian: i-i-p-W-Z1-N25 (ypw) — a port in western Israel
• Esperanto: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Estonian: Jafo — a port in western Israel
• Finnish: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• French: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Georgian: იაფა (iapa) — a port in western Israel
• German: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Greek: Γιάφφα (Giáffa) — a port in western Israel
• Greek: Γιάφα (Giáfa) — a port in western Israel
• Ancient Greek: Ἰόππη (Ióppē) — a port in western Israel
• Gujarati: યાફા (yāphā) — a port in western Israel
• Hebrew: יָפוֹ (yáfo) — a port in western Israel
• Hindi: याफ़ा (yāfā) — a port in western Israel
• Hungarian: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Italian: Giaffa — a port in western Israel
• Japanese: ヤッファ (Yaffa) — a port in western Israel
• Kannada: ಯಾಫಾ (yāphā) — a port in western Israel
• Kazakh: Иоппе (İoppe) — a port in western Israel
• Korean: 야파 (Yapa) — a port in western Israel
• Latin: Joppē — a port in western Israel
• Latvian: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Lithuanian: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Malayalam: യാഫാ (yāphā) — a port in western Israel
• Māori: Hawha — a port in western Israel
• Marathi: याफा (yāphā) — a port in western Israel
• Norwegian Bokmål: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Old English: Ioppe — a port in western Israel
• Persian: یافا (yâfâ) — a port in western Israel
• Polish: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Portuguese: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Punjabi: ਯਾਫ਼ਾ (yāfā) — a port in western Israel
• Romanian: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Russian: Я́ффа (Jáffa) — a port in western Israel
• Serbo-Croatian: Јафа — a port in western Israel
• Serbo-Croatian: Jafa — a port in western Israel
• Sindhi: يافا (yāfā) — a port in western Israel
• Slovak: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Slovene: Jafo — a port in western Israel
• Spanish: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Swedish: Jaffa — a port in western Israel
• Tamil: யாபா (yāpā) — a port in western Israel
• Telugu: యాఫా (yāphā) — a port in western Israel
• Turkish: Yafa — a port in western Israel
• Ukrainian: Я́ффа (Jáffa) — a port in western Israel
• Urdu: یافا (yāfā) — a port in western Israel
• Finnish: jaffa — type of sweet orange
• Finnish: tuhkamuna — slang: infertile male