"Haifa" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈxaɪfə/, /ˈhaɪfə/
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (hayfa) and Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), from Biblical Hebrew חיפה (ḥēp̄ɔ̂), from Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”) presumably in reference to Mount Carmel, from Akkadian kāpu "rock". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|حیفا⁩|tr=hayfa}} Ottoman Turkish حیفا (hayfa), {{bor|en|ar|حَيْفَا}} Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), {{der|en|hbo|חיפה|tr=ḥēp̄ɔ̂}} Biblical Hebrew חיפה (ḥēp̄ɔ̂), {{der|en|syc|ܟܐܦܐ||rock}} Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”), {{der|en|akk|kāpu}} Akkadian kāpu Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Haifa
  1. A port city in northern Israel. Wikidata QID: Q41621 Categories (place): Cities in Israel, Places in Israel Translations (a city in northern Israel): حَيْفَا (ḥayfā) [feminine] (Arabic), حيفا (ḥēfa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Հայֆա (Hayfa) (Armenian), Hayfa (Azerbaijani), Ха́йфа (Xájfa) [feminine] (Belarusian), হাইফা (haipha) (Bengali), Ха́йфа (Hájfa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Хайфа (Xajfa) (Chechen), 海法 (hái-hoat) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 海法 (Hǎifǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Haifa [feminine] (Czech), Ĥajfo (Esperanto), Haïfa [feminine] (French), ხაიფა (xaipa) (Georgian), Χάιφα (Cháifa) [feminine] (Greek), Haipa (Hawaiian), חֵיפָה (kheifá) [feminine] (Hebrew), हाइफ़ा (hāifā) [feminine] (Hindi), Haífa [feminine] (Icelandic), ハイファ (Haifa) (Japanese), ಹೈಫ (haipha) (Kannada), Хайфа (Xaifa) (Kazakh), 하이파 (haipa) (Korean), Sycaminon [neuter] (Latin), Sycaminum [neuter] (Latin), Efa [feminine] (Latin), Caiphas [masculine] (Latin), Caiaphas civitas [feminine] (Latin), Хаифа (Haifa) [feminine] (Macedonian), ഹൈഫ (haipha) (Malayalam), हैफा (haiphā) [feminine] (Marathi), Haiwha (Māori), Aifa [feminine] (Occitan), Хайфӕ (Xajfæ) (Ossetian), حیفا (Hayfa) (Ottoman Turkish), حیفا (Hayfâ) (Persian), Hajfa [feminine] (Polish), ਹੈਫਾ (haiphā) [feminine] (Punjabi), Ха́йфа (Xájfa) [feminine] (Russian), Хајфа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Haifa [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Hajfa [feminine] (Silesian), கைஃபா (kaifā) (Tamil), Haifa (Tatar), ไฮฟา (hai-faa) (Thai), Hayfa (Turkish), Ха́йфа (Xájfa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), حیفا (haifā) [masculine] (Urdu), حیفہ (haifa) [masculine] (Urdu), Hayfa (Uzbek), חיפֿה (kheyfe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Haifa-en-name-en:Q41621 Disambiguation of 'a city in northern Israel': 76 24
  2. A district of Israel. Wikidata QID: Q185845 Categories (place): Districts of Israel, Places in Israel
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Haifan
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Хајфа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haifa"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "lang_code": "szl",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hajfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "kaifā",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "கைஃபா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "lang_code": "tt",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "Haifa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "hai-faa",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "ไฮฟา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "Hayfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "Hayfa",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "حیفا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Xájfa",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ха́йфа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "haifā",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حیفا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "haifa",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حیفہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "word": "Hayfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "kheyfe",
      "sense": "a city in northern Israel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חיפֿה"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mount Carmel"
  ],
  "word": "Haifa"
}

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