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Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced ⓘ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that is now part of southern Tel Aviv, Israel.
Geography of Israel: Jaffa. Jaffa (Joppa; יָפוֹ) is an ancient port city in the central sector of the Israeli coast. The meaning of the name Jaffa (Yaffo) is lovely or pretty. The ancient city was built on a hill jutting out slightly from the coastline on the west and overlooking the open sea.
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Jan 24, 2017 · Jaffa is a small town where antiquity and modernity intertwine, with an amalgamation of lifestyles and religions. It is a place where Jews, Muslims and Christians live and work together, intertwined with the odd Buddhist or Hindu Jewish youngsters who have just returned from a post-army trip to Asia.
- Robert Barzelay
May 2, 2021 · A century after May 1, 1921, the borderlands between Jaffa, now a relatively poor but endlessly gentrifying mixed neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, and the “modern” Jewish centre of the united...
Jaffa | ancient city, Middle East | Britannica. Contents. Jaffa. ancient city, Middle East. Also known as: Yafo. Learn about this topic in these articles: Tel Aviv–Yafo. In Tel Aviv–Yafo. …the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa (now Yafo), with which it was joined in 1950.
Jaffa is the most ancient city centre and port within the Tel Aviv region. Before the new Jewish city of Tel Aviv was founded in 1908 in the sand dunes north of Jaffa, Jaffa was the main settlement for Arabs, Jews and the various waves of occupiers (Turks, British, etc.).
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ) and in Arabic Yafa and also called Japho or Joppa, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that is now part of southern Tel Aviv, Israel.
