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Beefa

UK/ˈbiːfə/

Beefa proper noun: nickname for Ibiza: an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

Proper noun

Beefa

  1. (UK, slang) Nickname for Ibiza: an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
    • Pete Doherty sprayed Nirvana lyrics on the wall of a dressing room at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel when The Libertines played the venue last month (July 22).[…] It’s said Doherty also tagged a separate wall with the words “Aye Aye Beefa”.2015 August 4, David Renshaw, “Pete Doherty ‘spray paints’ Nirvana lyrics in Ibiza dressing room following Libertines gig”, in NME
    • When he’s not dozing in and out of consciousness while also vomiting in one of the club’s dark corners, he’s likely dipping his knackered pinky finger into his burlap sack-sized bag of steamy, humidified cocaine, forcefully jamming it up an unwary stranger’s nostril. “THAT’S BEEFA FOR YA, YA...2017 November 14, Austin Gebbia, “What Your Pronunciation Of ‘Ibiza’ Says About You”, in Vice

Origin of Beefa

Humorous pronunciation spelling of the British English approximation of the Spanish Ibiza in dialects with th-fronting.

Words formed from Beefa

Words that rhyme with Beefa

Questions about Beefa

What does Beefa mean?
Beefa means nickname for Ibiza: an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
What part of speech is Beefa?
Beefa is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Beefa?
Beefa is pronounced /ˈbiːfə/ (UK).

Words near Beefa in the dictionary

  1. beef Wellingtons
  2. beef-brained
  3. beef-house
  4. beef-houses
  5. beef-witted
  6. Beefa
  7. beefalo
  8. beefaloes
  9. beefalos
  10. beefarm
  11. beefarming

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