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Rafah
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English
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Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɑːfə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rafah.wav Southern England
en /ˈɹæfə/ US
Etymology 1
From en ar رَفَح, from en grc Ῥαφία, from en egy rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst
Proper noun
en several places r/Gaza.
en Q1074341 en Rafah Governorate governorate r/Southern Gaza r/Gaza Strip c/Palestine Rafah.
en metropolitan region governorate:suf/Rafah r/Southern Gaza r/Gaza Strip c/Palestine, lying to the south of en Khan Younus and to the north of en Sinai, en Egypt.
en Q172343 en city/capital governorate:suf/Rafah r/Southern Gaza r/Gaza Strip c/Palestine; lying next to the eponymous city in en Egypt.
en Q2037471 en Rafah Refugee Camp settlement/refugee camp r:suf/Rafah governorate:suf/Rafah r/Southern Gaza r/Gaza Strip c/Palestine, lying next to the eponymous city of en Rafah.
en Oren Liebermann US paused shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over potential use in Rafah incursion w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/us-israel-bomb-shipment-pause-rafah-incursion 2024-05-07 The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20240618183836/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/us-israel-bomb-shipment-pause-rafah-incursion/
en Q2457100 en city governate:suf/North Sinai r/Sinai c/Egypt, lying next to the eponymous city in en Gaza.
en Q2564302 en @ellipsis of:Rafah Crossing border gate on the c/Egypt — r/Gaza c/Palestine border in city:suf/Rafah.
en city c/Egypt and r/Gaza c/Palestine split by an international border, each half a city in their own right, as well.
en Raphia <q:in Antiquity>
Derived terms
en Rafah Governorate Rafah Refugee Camp Rafah Camp Rafah Crossing Rafah Border Crossing Rafah Border Gate Rafah Gate
Translations
governorate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Arabic: ar رَفَح
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉法
Hindi: hi रफ़ह
Korean: ko ^라파, ko ^라파흐
Persian:
Dari: prs رَفَح
Iranian Persian: fa-ira رَفَح
Russian: ru Ра́фах
Tajik: tg Рафаҳ
city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Arabic: ar رَفَح
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉法
Greek: el Ράφαχ, el Ράφα
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥαφία f
Hebrew: he רָפִיחַ
Hindi: hi रफ़ह
Japanese: ja ラファフ Rafafu, ja ラファ Rafa
Korean: ko ^라파, ko ^라파흐
Lithuanian: lt Rafachas m
Persian:
Dari: prs رَفَح
Iranian Persian: fa-ira رَفَح
Russian: ru Ра́фах
Spanish: es Rafah, es Rafáh
Tajik: tg Рафаҳ
Further reading
en Rafah, Gaza
en Rafah Camp
en Rafah Governorate
en Rafah Border Crossing
en Rafah, Egypt
Etymology 2
en
Proper noun
s
en female.
See also
en Rafa Raffa
Anagrams
en aafhr Farah