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haven

ha·ven

UK/ˈheɪvən/ US/ˈheɪvʌn/ very common

noun

1.

a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

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2.

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

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Origin

From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.

Phrases

  • Barrow Haven
  • Blue Haven
  • Broad Haven
  • East Haven
  • Fair Haven
  • Grand Haven
  • Lake Haven
  • Little Haven

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