Jaffa

[jaf-uh, jah-fuh, yah-fah]

noun

1. a former seaport in W Israel, part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa since 1950: ancient Biblical town.

Jaffa

/ ˈdʒɑː-, ˈdʒæfə /

noun

1. Biblical name: Joppa. Hebrew name: Yafo. a port in W Israel, on the Mediterranean: incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950; an old Canaanite city

2. a large variety of orange, having a thick skin

Example Sentences

Ms Jaffa noted that the outcomes of the research "suggests music activities may be an accessible strategy for maintaining cognitive health in older adults, though causation cannot be established," she said.

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I was just doing a show in London for five months and I’ve gotten very addicted to Jaffa Cakes.

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“What we found is that music may have the potential to decrease dementia risk,” Emma Jaffa, the lead researcher on the study, said in emailed comments to MarketWatch.

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Jaffa thought the principles of the Declaration provided for the decisive defeat of slavery and legal racism in America.

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More people were reported killed on Saturday afternoon after an air strike on the Tuffah neighbourhood near Jaffa School, where hundreds of displaced Gazans were sheltering.

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