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  • proper noun Alternative form of Jaffa.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

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Examples

  • The morning of our setting out from Joppa is never to be forgotten.

    Daisy in the Field 1869

  • 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • For when he calls Joppa, "Joppa of the Phoenicians," -- he does not conclude Joppa within Phoenicia; but because the sea, washing upon that shore of Palestine, was divided in common speech into the Phoenician and the Egyptian sea (so Strabo before, "Afterward

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Richard marched foorth towards Japh ancientlie called Joppa, that the

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed

  • As Eve and her friends lingered yet a moment there, watching the picturesque figure splashing barelegged in the shallow water, one of the droll little craft known as Joppa-chaises came up beside them, a fulvous face appeared at its helm, a tawny hand was extended, and they left

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

  • Beauty, a sea-port in Dan (Josh. 19: 46); called Joppa (q.v.) in

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • I distinctly remember (although I cannot remember precisely when) suddenly realizing that "Joppa" (which I remembered from the movie Clash of the Titans) was "Jaffa" in the coastal region of modern Israel.

    Archive 2008-02-01 James F. McGrath 2008

  • I distinctly remember (although I cannot remember precisely when) suddenly realizing that "Joppa" (which I remembered from the movie Clash of the Titans) was "Jaffa" in the coastal region of modern Israel.

    What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? James F. McGrath 2008

  • Side, "and the opening chapters of Miss Phelps's" Old Maids 'Paradise; "also the description of" Joppa, "by Grace Denio Litchfield, in" Only an

    The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878

  • Instead the Macedonians took the shorter path down the coast past Mount Carmel, then on to Joppa, where Jonah reportedly took ship before being swallowed by a great fish.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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