taifa
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/tɑˈiːfə/
Definition of taifa
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
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noun
- (historical)A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
- (historical)A similar Islamic principality on Sicily after the fall of the en:Emirate of Sicily
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Etymology
From Spanish taifa, from Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).
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