"Taff" meaning in English

See Taff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * As an Irish and Welsh surname, variant of Taaffe. * The river is from Welsh Taf Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{der|en|cy|-}} Welsh, {{m|en|Taaffe}} Taaffe, {{bor|en|cy|Taf}} Welsh Taf Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Taff
  1. A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay. Categories (place): Places in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Places in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, Places in Wales, Rivers in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Rivers in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, Rivers in Wales Derived forms: Taff's Well Related terms (River): Taf Translations (river): 塔夫河 (Tǎfū Hé) (Chinese Mandarin), Taf (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Taff-en-name-fLrQ1kG5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'River': 86 14 Disambiguation of 'river': 100 0
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Taff-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Download JSON data for Taff meaning in English (3.6kB)

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