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Joppa

Joppa proper noun: a small settlement in Hayle parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5636). Also the alternative form of Jaffa.

Proper noun

Joppa

  1. A small settlement in Hayle parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5636).
  2. A coastal suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3173).
  3. A hamlet near Coylton, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (grid ref NS4019).
  4. A hamlet in Llanrhystyd community, Ceredigion, Wales (grid ref SN5666).
  5. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Cullman County and Marshall County, Alabama.
  6. A village in Massac County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Hendricks County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
  9. A former colonial town and current planning region in Harford County, Maryland.
  10. An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee.
  11. An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas.
  12. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia.

Also used as

Joppa is also the alternative form of Jaffa.

Origin of Joppa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰόππη (Ióppē), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō).

Questions about Joppa

What does Joppa mean?
Joppa means a small settlement in Hayle parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5636).
What part of speech is Joppa?
Joppa is a proper noun.

Words near Joppa in the dictionary

  1. Jophiel
  2. Joplin
  3. Joplinesque
  4. Joplins
  5. Jopp
  6. Joppa
  7. JOPs
  8. jor
  9. Jor.
  10. Jora de Mijloc
  11. joram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Joppa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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