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grafa

Pronunciation: /ˈɡrɑː.fɑ/

“grafa” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. grove, copse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”), perhaps related to *grīpaną (“to grasp”) and Ancient Greek χρίμπτω (khrímptō, “scratch, graze, wound”).

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