Alfa

¹ American  

[al-fuh] / ˈæl fə /

noun

1. a word used in communications to represent the letter A.

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Alfa ² American  

[al-fuh] / ˈæl fə /

noun

Military.

1. the NATO name for a class of high-speed nuclear-powered Soviet submarines having a titanium hull, designed for swift pursuit and attack and to avoid anti-submarine weaponry: first produced for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s; in service with the Russian Navy 1992–96.

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Alfa British  

/ ˈælfə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Alpha

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Etymology

Origin of Alfa

First recorded in 1950–55; variant spelling of alpha

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Example Sentences

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Alfa

One of the ships, the Alfa Watan, sank and all 10 crew, including nine Syrians, are presumed dead.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Juan Manuel Fangio steers his Alfa Romeo around the hairpin during the first F1 world championship race in Monaco in 1950.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

But FCA US, the US affiliate of Stellantis, reported a four percent increase to 305,902 from its line-up, which includes Jeep, Dodge and Alfa Romeo.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

Our romance started at the end of the production with a drive across Europe in his new Alfa Romeo sports car, but we’d really only been together six or so weeks since then.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

Julia fitted a laundry basket, a wound-up washing line, and a bag of pegs into Yasmin Morton-Bagot’s Alfa Romeo.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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