taifa
/tɑˈiːfə/noun
taifa is a noun meaning “A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-I-F-A, and it appears about once in every 45 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of taifa is taifas.
What does taifa mean?
noun
- 1
A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
- 2
A similar Islamic principality on Sicily after the fall of the Emirate of Sicily
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce taifa?
- /tɑˈiːfə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of taifa
- taifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is taifa?
Taifa appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Taifa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | taifa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does taifa come from?
From Spanish taifa, from Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).