name
Meaning 1
A municipality near Munich, Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
haar
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑː(ɹ)/
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General-American: /hɑɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, especially, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A wind, especially one from the east, which blows in this fog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, especially, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Attested since the late 17th century, alongside Scots haar (“cold easterly wind; misty wind; cold fog or mist”). Perhaps ultimately from Middle Dutch hare (“cold wind”) or a related Low German word; compare Dutch harig (“windy; foggy, misty”), Saterland Frisian harig (“misty”). Alternatively, perhaps simply a northern English or Scottish variant of hoar, or a borrowing of Old Norse hárr (“hoary”).