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Eastern Mediterranean port since ancient times
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jaffa
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Jaffa , also called Japho or Joppa , is the southern, oldest part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa , an ancient port city in Israel . Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah , Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of ...
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n. 1 A type of sweet orange, normally seedless. 2 (context slang English) An impotent or infertile male. The term comes from the "seedless" orange 3 (context cricket English) A ball that is very difficult for the batsman to hit because it moves erratically ...
Usage examples of jaffa.
Crates lined up on the quayside at Jaffa, chap ticking them off in a book, navvies handling them barefoot in soiled dungarees.
They climbed into a Land Rover and began driving around the city on the Jaffa and Gaza roads.
After dinner, with the sun red and low above the trees to the west along Gaza Road, they strolled hand in hand through the Jaffa Gate and into the Old City.
From the rumpled heap of bedclothing, Jaffa Doane's voice said placidly, "I'm aware of that, Miss Wharton.
The bedclothing erupted and Jaffa Doane sat up, leaning on an elbow, blinking at her.
Picking up a red wire basket, he chucked in some Jaffa cakes because the children liked them, and a tin of corned beef because he liked it.
Okay, you got the Jaffas and the Tims together, but ask yourself why they were amenable.
Because Joppa, the modern Jaffa, shipmates, is on the most easterly coast of the Mediterranean, the Syrian.
The Jaffa still sailed, and missiles could hit torpedo boats and patrol craft as well.