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From Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”, literally “successor, substitute”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f).
- IPA(key): /kaˈlif.fo/
- Rhymes: -iffo
- Hyphenation: ca‧lìf‧fo
califfo m (plural califfi)
- caliph