Taff

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Welshman. slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
  2. 2
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd.

Etymology 2

* As an Irish and Welsh surname, variant of Taaffe. * The river is from Welsh Taf

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