Joppa (a latinization of the 4th century Greek name, Ἰόππη) appears in the Bible as the name of the Israelite city of
Jaffa
Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on ...
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Joppa may also refer to:
Biology
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''Joppa'' (wasp), a genus of parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae
Places
United Kingdom
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Joppa, Edinburgh
Joppa is an eastern suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello of which it was a suburb when Portobello was a burgh, to the south by the open area so ...
, in the eastern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joppa, Ayrshire
Joppa is a former hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland, about which now forms the eastern portion of the built-up part of Coylton, situated about east of Belston, on the A70 road.
Its houses stood in isolation – with the separate hamlets then ...
, on the outskirts of Ayr, Scotland
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Joppa, Cornwall
Joppa (from , meaning "workshop") is a farmstead settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of HayleOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' and is in Hayle civi ...
, a location in Cornwall, England
*Joppa, Wales, a hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales
United States
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Joppa, Alabama
Joppa is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Cullman and Marshall counties, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 556.
History
Joppa was named after the ancient city of Jaffa.
In the earl ...
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Joppa, Illinois
Joppa is a village in Massac County, Illinois, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 350 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
During the first part of the 19th centu ...
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Joppa, Kentucky
Joppa is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It bord ...
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Joppa, Maryland
Joppa ( ) is a former colonial town and current planning region of Harford County, Maryland, United States. Joppa was founded as a British settlement on the Gunpowder River in 1707 and designated as the third county seat of Baltimore County in 1 ...
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Joppa Road
Joppa Road ( ) is a county highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway extends from Maryland Route 25 (MD 25) in Brooklandville east to MD 7 near White Marsh. Joppa Road has three main segments separated by very short breaks on its co ...
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Joppa, Tennessee
Joppa is an unincorporated community in rural central-western Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It rests below Joppa Mountain, a subrange located near the southern terminus of the 150 mile (240 km) long Clinch Mountain ridge comp ...
, in the Great Smoky Mountains foothills of Grainger County
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Joppa, Texas
Joppa is an unincorporated community located in Burnet County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 34 in 2000.
History
The community got its start when in 1881, J. S. and Jane Danford of ...
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Joppa, West Virginia
Australia
*Joppa Junction is a junction on the
Sydney–Melbourne railway line near
Yarra railway station
Yarra railway station was a railway station on the Main Southern railway line, serving the locality of Yarra, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1875 initially as Collector, and was renamed Yarra on 15 April 1878. It was closed to passen ...
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See also
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Joppe (disambiguation)
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