Naafi

American  

[naf-ee] / ˈnæf i /

Or NAAFI

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.

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NAAFI British  

/ ˈnæfɪ /

acronym

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

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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 • May 4, 2022

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 • Nov. 28, 2021

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

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2021

Engaged at 17 to Betty – they married six years later – Ball spent his national service as a craftsman in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and played in a trio in the Naafi.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2013

For five years she worked for the Naafi, the Ministry of Defence's catering organisation, with responsibility to feed 50,000 hungry troops across five garrisons in Germany.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012