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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