mafia

Meaning of mafia

noun

an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioural code.

Italian (Sicilian dialect), originally in the sense ‘bragging’.

Information about mafia

It is a name.
The plural form of mafia is: mafias.
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Hyphenation of mafia

mafia

It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
mafia is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

mafia synonyms

Meaning Mafia:

Mafia, Maffia

Meaning maffia:

maffia

Translation of mafia

French: mafia
German: Mafia
Spanish: mafia
Portuguese: máfia
Italian: mafia

Words that rhyme with mafia

Mafia, ratafia, tafia

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