"Rafah" meaning in All languages combined

See Rafah on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɑːfə/ [UK], /ˈɹæfə/ [US]
Etymology: From Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ), from Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|رَفَحْ}} Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ), {{bor|en|grc|Ῥαφία}} Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), {{bor|en|egy|Rpwḥw}} Egyptian Rpwḥw Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rafah
  1. A several places in Gaza
    Ellipsis of Rafah Governorate.: A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Rafah Governorate (extra: A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah.) Categories (place): Governorates of Palestine, Places in Israel, Places in Palestine
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-P-gwdTND Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10
  2. A several places in Gaza
    A metropolitan region in Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying to the south of Khan Younus and to the north of Sinai, Egypt.
    Categories (place): Places in Israel, Places in Palestine
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-vrnDgd-~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10
  3. A several places in Gaza
    A city, the capital of Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant; lying next to the eponymous city in Egypt.
    Categories (place): Capital cities, Cities in Israel, Cities in Palestine, Places in Israel, Places in Palestine
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-BAwQD2B2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10
  4. A several places in Gaza
    Ellipsis of Rafah Refugee Camp.: A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Rafah Refugee Camp (extra: A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah) Categories (place): Places in Israel, Places in Palestine, Villages in Israel, Villages in Palestine
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-sHBG3vSJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10
  5. A city in North Sinai governate, Sinai, Egypt, lying next to the eponymous city in Gaza. Categories (place): Cities in Egypt, Places in Egypt
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-yXyYN3n7
  6. Ellipsis of Rafah Crossing.: A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Rafah Crossing (extra: A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city) Categories (place): Places in Egypt, Places in Israel, Places in Palestine
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-ZSD6SdQ-
  7. A city in Egypt and Gaza, Palestine, Israel, split by an international border, each half a city in their own right, as well. Categories (place): Cities in Egypt, Cities in Israel, Cities in Palestine, Places in Egypt, Places in Israel, Places in Palestine Synonyms: Raphia
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-dNTd6arh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Rafah Border Crossing, Rafah Border Gate, Rafah Camp, Rafah Crossing, Rafah Gate, Rafah Governorate, Rafah Refugee Camp Translations (city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine): Ῥαφία (Rhaphía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), رَفَحْ (rafaḥ) (Arabic), 拉法 (Lāfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Ράφαχ (Ráfach) (Greek), Ράφα (Ráfa) (Greek), רָפִיחַ (Hebrew), ラファフ (Rafafu) (Japanese), ラファ (Rafa) (Japanese), Ра́фах (Ráfax) (Russian), Rafah (Spanish), Rafáh (Spanish) Translations (governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine): رَفَحْ (rafaḥ) (Arabic), 拉法 (Lāfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Ра́фах (Ráfax) (Russian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine': 22 23 23 20 3 3 5 Disambiguation of 'governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine': 23 24 23 20 3 3 4

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɑːfə/ [UK], /ˈɹæfə/ [US] Forms: Rafahs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Rafah (plural Rafahs)
  1. A female given name Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Related terms: Rafa, Raffa
    Sense id: en-Rafah-en-name-44it7l9B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Rafah meaning in All languages combined (15.3kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Border Crossing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Border Gate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Camp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Crossing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Gate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Governorate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 19 19 20 0 21 0",
      "word": "Rafah Refugee Camp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "رَفَحْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ῥαφία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "egy",
        "3": "Rpwḥw"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian Rpwḥw",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ), from Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Rafah",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah.",
          "word": "Rafah Governorate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Governorates of Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Governorates of Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Governorates",
            "Places",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Governorate.: A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-P-gwdTND",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah Governorate",
          "Rafah Governorate#English"
        ],
        [
          "governorate",
          "governorate"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "A metropolitan region in Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying to the south of Khan Younus and to the north of Sinai, Egypt."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-vrnDgd-~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Khan Younus",
          "Khan Younus#English"
        ],
        [
          "Sinai",
          "Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Capital cities",
          "orig": "en:Capital cities",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "A city, the capital of Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant; lying next to the eponymous city in Egypt."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-BAwQD2B2",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah",
          "word": "Rafah Refugee Camp"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Refugee Camp.: A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-sHBG3vSJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah Refugee Camp",
          "Rafah Refugee Camp#English"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Egypt",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Egypt",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Egypt",
          "orig": "en:Places in Egypt",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in North Sinai governate, Sinai, Egypt, lying next to the eponymous city in Gaza."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-yXyYN3n7",
      "links": [
        [
          "North Sinai",
          "North Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Sinai",
          "Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city",
          "word": "Rafah Crossing"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Egypt",
          "orig": "en:Places in Egypt",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Crossing.: A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-ZSD6SdQ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rafah Crossing",
          "Rafah Crossing#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Egypt",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Egypt",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Egypt",
          "orig": "en:Places in Egypt",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Israel",
          "orig": "en:Places in Israel",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Palestine",
          "orig": "en:Places in Palestine",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Egypt and Gaza, Palestine, Israel, split by an international border, each half a city in their own right, as well."
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-dNTd6arh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Raphia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɑːfə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæfə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "23 24 23 20 3 3 4",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rafaḥ",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "رَفَحْ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "23 24 23 20 3 3 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lāfǎ",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "拉法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "23 24 23 20 3 3 4",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ráfax",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ра́фах"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rafaḥ",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "رَفَحْ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lāfǎ",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "拉法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ráfach",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ράφαχ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ráfa",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ράφα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Rhaphía",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ῥαφία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "רָפִיחַ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rafafu",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "ラファフ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rafa",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "ラファ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ráfax",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ра́фах"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Rafah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 23 23 20 3 3 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Rafáh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rafah"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rafahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Rafah (plural Rafahs)",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 19 17 5 2 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Rafah-en-name-44it7l9B",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Rafa"
        },
        {
          "word": "Raffa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɑːfə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæfə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rafah"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "English terms borrowed from Egyptian",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from Egyptian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Rafah Border Crossing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Border Gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Camp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Crossing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Governorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rafah Refugee Camp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "رَفَحْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ῥαφία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "egy",
        "3": "Rpwḥw"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian Rpwḥw",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic رَفَحْ (rafaḥ), from Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Rafah",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah.",
          "word": "Rafah Governorate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "en:Governorates of Palestine",
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Governorate.: A governorate of Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant. Capital: Rafah."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah Governorate",
          "Rafah Governorate#English"
        ],
        [
          "governorate",
          "governorate"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "A metropolitan region in Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying to the south of Khan Younus and to the north of Sinai, Egypt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Khan Younus",
          "Khan Younus#English"
        ],
        [
          "Sinai",
          "Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Capital cities",
        "en:Cities in Israel",
        "en:Cities in Palestine",
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "A city, the capital of Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant; lying next to the eponymous city in Egypt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah",
          "word": "Rafah Refugee Camp"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine",
        "en:Villages in Israel",
        "en:Villages in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A several places in Gaza",
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Refugee Camp.: A settlement, a refugee camp in the Rafah region, Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israel, Levant, lying next to the eponymous city of Rafah."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah Refugee Camp",
          "Rafah Refugee Camp#English"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ],
        [
          "Southern Gaza",
          "Southern Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza Strip",
          "Gaza Strip#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cities in Egypt",
        "en:Places in Egypt"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in North Sinai governate, Sinai, Egypt, lying next to the eponymous city in Gaza."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "North Sinai",
          "North Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Sinai",
          "Sinai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city",
          "word": "Rafah Crossing"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "en:Places in Egypt",
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of Rafah Crossing.: A border gate on the Egypt, — Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Levant, border in Rafah city."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rafah Crossing",
          "Rafah Crossing#English"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rafah",
          "Rafah#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cities in Egypt",
        "en:Cities in Israel",
        "en:Cities in Palestine",
        "en:Places in Egypt",
        "en:Places in Israel",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Egypt and Gaza, Palestine, Israel, split by an international border, each half a city in their own right, as well."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaza",
          "Gaza#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Raphia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɑːfə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæfə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rafaḥ",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "رَفَحْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lāfǎ",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "拉法"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ráfax",
      "sense": "governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ра́фах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rafaḥ",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "رَفَحْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lāfǎ",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "拉法"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ráfach",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ράφαχ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ráfa",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ράφα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Rhaphía",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ῥαφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "רָפִיחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rafafu",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "ラファフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rafa",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "ラファ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ráfax",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Ра́фах"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Rafah"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
      "word": "Rafáh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rafah"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rafahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Rafah (plural Rafahs)",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Rafa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Raffa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɑːfə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæfə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rafah"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.