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Tarrafal

/tɑːɹəˈfɑːl/

Tarrafal proper noun: a city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; the seat of the municipality of Tarrafal.

Proper noun

Tarrafal

  1. A city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; the seat of the municipality of Tarrafal.

Origin of Tarrafal

From Portuguese tarrafes (“dominant on the sandy shores”).

Phrases with Tarrafal

Questions about Tarrafal

What does Tarrafal mean?
Tarrafal means a city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; the seat of the municipality of Tarrafal.
What part of speech is Tarrafal?
Tarrafal is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tarrafal?
Tarrafal is pronounced /tɑːɹəˈfɑːl/.

Words near Tarrafal in the dictionary

  1. tarraces
  2. tarradiddle
  3. tarradiddler
  4. tarradiddlers
  5. tarradiddles
  6. Tarrafal
  7. Tarrafal de São Nicolau
  8. Tarraganda
  9. tarragon
  10. Tarragona
  11. Tarragonan

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