harbor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːbə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈhɑɹbɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R B ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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English surname, variant of Harbour.

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

From Middle English herberwen, herbere (later harboure), from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подсло́н (podslón) — place of shelter
• Bulgarian: убе́жище (ubéžište) — place of shelter
• Catalan: port — place of shelter
• Catalan: refugi — place of shelter
• Danish: rede — place of shelter
• Dutch: rede — place of shelter
• Dutch: ree — place of shelter
• Finnish: turvapaikka — place of shelter
• Finnish: turvasatama — place of shelter
• French: havre — place of shelter
• French: rade — place of shelter
• French: refuge — place of shelter
• Galician: abeiro — place of shelter
• Galician: refuxoiro — place of shelter
• Galician: achego — place of shelter
• Hungarian: menedék — place of shelter
• Hungarian: menedékhely — place of shelter
• Ido: portuo — place of shelter
• Latin: portus — place of shelter
• Middle English: havene — place of shelter
• Norman: hâvre — place of shelter
• Polish: przystań — place of shelter
• Portuguese: albergue — place of shelter
• Romanian: adăpost — place of shelter
• Romanian: refugiu — place of shelter
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — place of shelter
• Russian: приста́нище (pristánišče) — place of shelter
• Russian: кров (krov) — place of shelter
• Serbo-Croatian: скро̏вӣште — place of shelter
• Serbo-Croatian: skrȍvīšte — place of shelter
• Spanish: puerto — place of shelter
• Spanish: refugio — place of shelter
• Yiddish: פּאָרט (port) — place of shelter
• Yiddish: האַוון (havn) — place of shelter
• Zazaki: hebur — place of shelter
• Afrikaans: hawe — for ships
• Albanian: port — for ships
• Albanian: liman — for ships
• Arabic: مَرْفَأ (marfaʔ) — for ships
• Arabic: مَرْسَى (marsā) — for ships
• Arabic: مِينَاء (mīnāʔ) — for ships
• Arabic: مينا (mīnā) — for ships
• Arabic: مينا (mīnā) — for ships
• Armenian: նավահանգիստ (navahangist) — for ships
• Asturian: puertu — for ships
• Azerbaijani: liman — for ships
• Azerbaijani: havan — for ships
• Azerbaijani: port — for ships
• Belarusian: га́вань (hávanʹ) — for ships
• Belarusian: порт (port) — for ships
• Bengali: বন্দর (bondor) — for ships
• Bulgarian: приста́нище (pristánište) — for ships
• Bulgarian: при́стан (prístan) — for ships
• Burmese: ဆိပ်ကမ်း (hcipkam:) — for ships
• Catalan: port — for ships
• Chinese Mandarin: 海港 (hǎigǎng) — for ships
• Chinese Mandarin: 港 (gǎng) — for ships
• Chinese Mandarin: 港口 (gǎngkǒu) — for ships
• Choctaw: peni ataya — for ships
• Corsican: portu — for ships
• Czech: přístav — for ships
• Danish: havn — for ships
• Dutch: haven — for ships
• Elfdalian: ammen — for ships
• Esperanto: haveno — for ships
• Estonian: sadam — for ships
• Faroese: havn — for ships
• Faroese: høvn — for ships
• Finnish: satama — for ships
• French: port — for ships
• French: quai — for ships
• Friulian: puart — for ships
• Galician: porto — for ships
• Galician: abra — for ships
• Georgian: ნავსადგური (navsadguri) — for ships
• Georgian: პორტი (ṗorṭi) — for ships
• German: Hafen — for ships
• Greek: λιμάνι (limáni) — for ships
• Ancient Greek: λιμήν (limḗn) — for ships
• Greenlandic: umiarsuarlivik — for ships
• Hawaiian: hono — for ships
• Hebrew: נָמֵל (namél) — for ships
• Hindi: बंदरगाह (bandargāh) — for ships
• Hindi: पोर्ट (porṭ) — for ships
• Hungarian: kikötő — for ships
• Icelandic: höfn — for ships
• Ido: portuo — for ships
• Indonesian: pelabuhan — for ships
• Ingrian: salmi — for ships
• Ingrian: portta — for ships
• Irish: calafort — for ships
• Italian: porto — for ships
• Japanese: 港 (minato) — for ships
• Japanese: ハーバー (hābā) — for ships
• Kazakh: гавань (gavan) — for ships
• Kazakh: порт (port) — for ships
• Kazakh: кемежай (kemejai) — for ships
• Khmer: កំពង់ផែ (kɑmpŭəng phae) — for ships
• Korean: 항구 (hanggu) — for ships
• Kyrgyz: порт (port) — for ships
• Kyrgyz: гавань (gavan) — for ships
• Ladin: port — for ships
• Lao: ທ່າເຮືອ (thā hư̄a) — for ships
• Latin: portus — for ships
• Latvian: osta — for ships
• Lithuanian: uostas — for ships
• Macedonian: пристаниште (pristanište) — for ships
• Malay: pelabuhan — for ships
• Malayalam: തുറമുഖം (tuṟamukhaṁ) — for ships
• Maltese: port — for ships
• Māori: whanga — for ships
• Māori: wahapū — for ships
• Marshallese: aba — for ships
• Middle English: havene — for ships
• Mongolian: боомт (boomt) — for ships
• Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠭᠤᠮᠲᠠ (boɣumta) — for ships
• Norman: caûchie — for ships
• Norman: hâvre — for ships
• Norman: port — for ships
• Norwegian Bokmål: havn — for ships
• Occitan: pòrt — for ships
• Iranian Persian: بَنْدَر (bandar) — for ships
• Iranian Persian: لَنْگَرْگاه (langargâh) — for ships
• Iranian Persian: بَنْدَرْگاه (bandargâh) — for ships
• Polish: port — for ships
• Polish: przystań — for ships
• Portuguese: porto — for ships
• Portuguese: cais — for ships
• Romanian: port — for ships
• Romansh: port — for ships
• Russian: га́вань (gávanʹ) — for ships
• Russian: порт (port) — for ships
• Sardinian: poltu — for ships
• Sardinian: portu — for ships
• Scots: harbery — for ships
• Scots: harbory — for ships
• Scots: hairbour — for ships
• Scottish Gaelic: port — for ships
• Scottish Gaelic: cala — for ships
• Scottish Gaelic: acarsaid — for ships
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝстанӣште — for ships
• Serbo-Croatian: лу́ка — for ships
• Serbo-Croatian: prìstanīšte — for ships
• Serbo-Croatian: lúka — for ships
• Sicilian: portu — for ships
• Slovak: prístav — for ships
• Slovene: pristanišče — for ships
• Slovene: pristan — for ships
• Somali: marso — for ships
• Southern Altai: гавань (gavanʹ) — for ships
• Southern Altai: порт (port) — for ships
• Spanish: puerto — for ships
• Swahili: bandari — for ships
• Swedish: hamn — for ships
• Tajik: бандаргоҳ (bandargoh) — for ships
• Tajik: порт (port) — for ships
• Tajik: лангаргоҳ (langargoh) — for ships
• Tamil: துறைமுகம் (tuṟaimukam) — for ships
• Tatar: лиман (liman) — for ships
• Thai: ท่าเรือ (tâa-rʉʉa) — for ships
• Tibetan: གྲུ་ཁ་ (gru kha) — for ships
• Turkish: liman — for ships
• Ottoman Turkish: لیمان (liman) — for ships
• Ottoman Turkish: مرسی (mersa) — for ships
• Turkmen: port — for ships
• Ukrainian: га́вань (hávanʹ) — for ships
• Ukrainian: порт (port) — for ships
• Urdu: بَنْدَرْگاہ (bandargāh) — for ships
• Urdu: پورْٹ (porṭ) — for ships
• Uyghur: پورت (port) — for ships
• Uzbek: bandargoh — for ships
• Uzbek: port — for ships
• Uzbek: gavan — for ships
• Uzbek: liman — for ships
• Venetan: porto — for ships
• Vietnamese: hải cảng — for ships
• Vietnamese: cảng — for ships
• Welsh: harbwr — for ships
• Yiddish: פּאָרט (port) — for ships
• Yiddish: האַוון (havn) — for ships
• Zazaki: hebur — for ships
• Catalan: refugiar — to provide safe place
• Danish: huse — to provide safe place
• Danish: skjule — to provide safe place
• Danish: gemme — to provide safe place
• Dutch: onderbrengen — to provide safe place
• Finnish: suojella — to provide safe place
• Finnish: tarjota suojapaikka — to provide safe place
• Finnish: antaa suojapaikka — to provide safe place
• French: abriter — to provide safe place
• French: protéger — to provide safe place
• French: accoster — to provide safe place
• Greek: φυγαδεύω (fygadévo) — to provide safe place
• Greek: περιθάλπω (perithálpo) — to provide safe place
• Greek: φιλοξενώ (filoxenó) — to provide safe place
• Hebrew: העניק מחסה (he'eník makhasé) — to provide safe place
• Hungarian: menedéket ad — to provide safe place
• Hungarian: rejteget — to provide safe place
• Hungarian: bújtat — to provide safe place
• Hungarian: befogad — to provide safe place
• Ido: lojigar — to provide safe place
• Ido: gastigar — to provide safe place
• Italian: rifugiare — to provide safe place
• Middle English: herberwen — to provide safe place
• Portuguese: abrigar — to provide safe place
• Romanian: adăposti — to provide safe place
• Spanish: cobijar — to provide safe place
• Spanish: albergar — to provide safe place
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷有 /怀有 (huáiyǒu) — to hold in one's thoughts
• Danish: rumme — to hold in one's thoughts
• Finnish: hautoa mielessään — to hold in one's thoughts
• French: nourrir — to hold in one's thoughts
• German: hegen — to hold in one's thoughts
• Hungarian: dédelget — to hold in one's thoughts
• Hungarian: táplál — to hold in one's thoughts
• Hungarian: forral — to hold in one's thoughts
• Lithuanian: nešioti — to hold in one's thoughts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bera — to hold in one's thoughts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hysa — to hold in one's thoughts
• Swedish: hysa — to hold in one's thoughts