Hayfa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حیفا‎ (Hayfa), from Arabic حَيْفَا‎ (ḥayfā), from Hebrew חֵיפָה‎ (kheifá).

Proper noun

Hayfa

Haifa (a city in Israel)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حیفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 816

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