jaffa
IPA: dʒˈæfʌ
Root Word: Jaffa
noun
- A port in western Israel.
- (informal) A Jaffa orange.
- A type of sweet orange, normally seedless.
- (slang) An impotent or infertile male.
- (cricket) A ball that is very difficult for the batsman to hit because it moves erratically either through the air or off the pitch
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Examples of "jaffa" in Sentences
- They are jaffa for sure in these instances.
- It is located in the southern part of Jaffa.
- Jaffa is the normal name of the city in English.
- POV of somewhat cranky conservative critic of Jaffa.
- A COURT has ruled that jaffa cakes are in fact cakes.
- This is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a Jaffa.
- Theories vary about the etymology of Jaffa or Yafo in Hebrew.
- She was born in Jaffa to a Yemenite mother and a Lithuanian father.
- The very idea of stepping into Dakara was unthinkable to the free Jaffa.
- The Jaffa Protestant Mission and the antecedents of the first congregation.