Jaffa
[dʒæfә]
Definition
(noun.) a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950.
Checked by Brett--From WordNet
Examples
- At Jaffa we had taken on board some forty members of a very celebrated community. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We went out of the city by the Jaffa gate, and of course were told many things about its Tower of Hippicus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We left in Jaffa Mr. Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I refer to the Adams Jaffa Colony. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Beach gave his check for the money and so the troubles of the Jaffa colonists were at an end. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Jaffa has a history and a stirring one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What might become of them then they did not know and probably did not care--any thing to get away from hated Jaffa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But I am forgetting the Jaffa Colonists. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He gained a victory at Jaffa, and, being short of provisions, _massacred all his prisoners_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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