Naafi

or NAAFI

[ naf-ee ]

noun

, British.

1. Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
2. a canteen run by this organization.

NAAFI

/ ˈnæfɪ /

acronym for

1. Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization providing canteens, shops, etc, for British military personnel at home or overseas
2. a canteen, shop, etc, run by this organization

Example Sentences

Katrice had been with her mother Sharon, from Gosport, at a Naafi supermarket in Paderborn in November 1981 when she disappeared.

From BBC

Although the Naafi supermarket has long since gone, much of the surrounding area remains eerily familiar to him.

From BBC

The area around the Naafi complex in Schloss Neuhaus that day was "pandemonium" and a "mass of bodies" of soldiers, their families and civilians attending a college open day, Mr Lee explains.

From BBC

Two-year-old Katrice had been with her mother Sharon, from Gosport, at a Naafi supermarket in Paderborn, where her father was stationed, when she disappeared.

From BBC

Superfície, a Brazilian-Irish producer now based in Berlin, showed them kuduro, baile funk and batucada, while strains of percussive music championed by labels such as Príncipe and Naafi, broadened their horizons further.

From The Guardian