Jaffa
n.
former port city in western Israel which was made a part of Tel Aviv in 1950 (also Yafo); variety of orange grown mainly in Israel
Jaffa
Jaffa (
Hebrew: יָפוֹ, Yafo
Arabic: يَافَا ; also Japho, Joppa; also, per c.1350 BCE
Amarna Letters, Yapu) is an ancient
port city located south of
Tel Aviv,
Israel on the
Mediterranean Sea. Today it is a neighborhood of the city of
Tel Aviv-Yafo.It is mentioned four times in the
Hebrew Bible, as one of the cities given to the
Tribe of Dan (
Book of Joshua 19:46), as port-of-entry for the
cedars of Lebanon for
Solomon's Temple (
2 Chronicles 2:16), as the place whence the prophet
Jonah embarked for
Tarshish (
Book of Jonah 1:3) and as port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for the
Second Temple of Jerusalem (
Book of Ezra 3:7). It was also an important city in the Arab Middle East. During the
Crusades, it was the
County of Jaffa, a stronghold of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Jaffa
Noun
1. a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
(synonym) Joppa, Yafo
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Jaffa
n.
Jaffa, former port city in western Israel which was made a part of Tel Aviv in 1950 (also Yaffa)
jaffa (f)
n.
Jaffa, variety of orange grown mainly in Israel
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