What does JAFFA mean?
Definitions for JAFFA
ˈdʒæf ə, ˈdʒɑ fə; locally ˈyɑ fɑjaf·fa
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Princeton's WordNet
Jaffa, Joppa, Yafonoun
a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
Wiktionary
Jaffanoun
A Jaffa orange.
Jaffanoun
A port in western Israel
jaffanoun
A type of sweet orange, normally seedless.
jaffanoun
An impotent or infertile male. The term comes from the "seedless" orange
"I've heard he's a jaffa."
jaffanoun
A ball that is very difficult for the batsman to hit because it moves erratically either through the air or off the pitch
jaffanoun
A type of confectionery consisting of a sphere of chocolate in a red casing.
Etymology: Jaffa is an ancient port city in Israel, from where the oranges were exported.
Wikipedia
Jaffa
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, Yāfō ) and in Arabic Yafa (Arabic: يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus, and later for its oranges. Today, Jaffa is one of Israel's mixed cities, with approximately 37% of the city being Arab.
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jaffa
Jaffa refers to two different things: 1. A city port in Israel, which has a mix of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. It is also known as part of Tel Aviv-Yafo and is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon, and Saint Peter. 2. It is also a term used in Australia and New Zealand representing a small round sweet consisting of a soft chocolate centre with a hard covering of orange flavoured and coloured confectionery.
Wikidata
Jaffa
Jaffa since 1950), an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Solomon, Jonah and Peter.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
jaffa
A town of Asiatic Turkey, in the province of Syria, on the Mediterranean. This place attained its greatest prosperity in the times of the Crusaders, when it became the principal landing-place of the warriors of Christendom. In 1799 it was stormed by the French under Bonaparte, and here was perpetrated his shameful massacre of Turkish prisoners. In 1832, Mohammed Ali made himself master of it; but the Turks, with the assistance of the British and Austrians, took it from him again in 1840.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
JAFFA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jaffa is ranked #65066 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Jaffa surname appeared 305 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jaffa.
82.9% or 253 total occurrences were White.
8.2% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.9% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
2.6% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of JAFFA in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of JAFFA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of JAFFA in a Sentence
It was circled with pillars, people could see it from the sea, from [the coastal city of] Jaffa.
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