The keffiyeh is an international symbol of resistance.
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Keffiyeh
//kəˈfiː(j)ə//
Synonyms for "keffiyeh" (10 found)
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Translations
37 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- حَطَّة noun (Arabian headdress)
- شُمَاغ noun (Arabian headdress)
- غُتْرَة noun (Arabian headdress)
- كُوفِيَّة noun (Arabian headdress)
Catalan
1 entries- kufia noun (Arabian headdress)
Czech
3 entries- kefíja noun (Arabian headdress)
- palestina noun (Arabian headdress)
- šemag noun (Arabian headdress)
Dutch
2 entries- Palestijnensjaal noun (Arabian headdress)
- arafatsjaal noun (Arabian headdress)
French
2 entries- keffieh noun (Arabian headdress)
- kéfié noun (Arabian headdress)
German
4 entries- Kefije noun (Arabian headdress)
- Kefiye noun (Arabian headdress)
- Kufija noun (Arabian headdress)
- Kufiya noun (Arabian headdress)
Hebrew
1 entries- כאפיה \ כָּפִיָּה noun (Arabian headdress)
Italian
2 entries- kefiah noun (Arabian headdress)
- kefiyyah noun (Arabian headdress)
Kazakh
1 entries- куфия noun (Arabian headdress)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- куфия noun (Arabian headdress)
Persian
2 entries- دستمال یزدی noun (Arabian headdress)
- چفیه noun (Arabian headdress)
Polish
2 entries- arafatka noun (Arabian headdress)
- kefija noun (Arabian headdress)
Portuguese
1 entries- quefié noun (Arabian headdress)
Russian
1 entries- куфи́я noun (Arabian headdress)
Spanish
3 entries- kufiya noun (Arabian headdress)
- palestina noun (Arabian headdress)
- pañuelo palestino noun (Arabian headdress)
Swedish
2 entries- keffiyeh noun (Arabian headdress)
- palestinasjal noun (Arabian headdress)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ку́фія noun (Arabian headdress)
Sample sentences
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The keffiyeh has become an international symbol of resistance.
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This guy's already awake! And chipper! He wraps on a keffiyeh!
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Speaking to a crowd of demonstrators, some of whom dressed in raincoats while others wore keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s deadly war on Gaza, one demonstrator said: “Any president that has come to power has also let workers down.”
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