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alfa

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As a noun, alfa means a West African cleric or religious teacher.

Meanings of alfa

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noun

  1. islamA West African cleric or religious teacher.

Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f not ph, t not th, and e not ae).

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Words that rhyme with alfa

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