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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.

From Middle English haven; equivalent to have + -en (plural simple present ending).

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِينَاء (mīnāʔ) — harbour
• Arabic: مَرْفَأ (marfaʔ) — harbour
• Bulgarian: малко пристанище (malko pristanište) — harbour
• Catalan: port — harbour
• Chinese Mandarin: 避風港 /避风港 (bìfēnggǎng) — harbour
• Chinese Mandarin: 海港 (hǎigǎng) — harbour
• Danish: havn — harbour
• Dutch: haven — harbour
• Finnish: suojasatama — harbour
• Finnish: valkama — harbour
• French: port — harbour
• French: havre — harbour
• German: Hafen — harbour
• Greek: λιμάνι (limáni) — harbour
• Ancient Greek: λιμήν (limḗn) — harbour
• Hebrew: נמל (namél) — harbour
• Hungarian: kikötő — harbour
• Hungarian: rév — harbour
• Italian: porto — harbour
• Japanese: 港 (minato) — harbour
• Japanese: 海港 (kaikō) — harbour
• Korean: 항구 (hanggu) — harbour
• Korean: 해항 (haehang) — harbour
• Low German: Haven — harbour
• Macedonian: приста́ниште (pristánište) — harbour
• Māori: whanga — harbour
• Norman: hâvre — harbour
• Polish: port — harbour
• Portuguese: porto — harbour
• Russian: га́вань (gávanʹ) — harbour
• Russian: порт (port) — harbour
• Serbo-Croatian: luka — harbour
• Spanish: puerto — harbour
• Swedish: hamn — harbour
• Ottoman Turkish: لیمان (liman) — harbour
• Ottoman Turkish: مرسی (mersa) — harbour
• Yiddish: פּאָרט (port) — harbour
• Yiddish: האַוון (havn) — harbour
• Arabic: مَلَاذ (malāḏ) — refuge
• Arabic: مَلْجَأ (maljaʔ) — refuge
• Bulgarian: убежище (ubežište) — refuge
• Catalan: refugi — refuge
• Chinese Mandarin: 避難所 /避难所 (bìnànsuǒ) — refuge
• Danish: tilflugtssted — refuge
• Danish: refugium — refuge
• Danish: fristed — refuge
• Dutch: vrijhaven — refuge
• Dutch: toevluchtsoord — refuge
• Finnish: turvapaikka — refuge
• French: asile — refuge
• French: refuge — refuge
• French: abri — refuge
• French: havre — refuge
• German: Zufluchtsort — refuge
• German: Rückzugsort — refuge
• Greek: καταφύγιο (katafýgio) — refuge
• Hungarian: rév — refuge
• Hungarian: menedék — refuge
• Japanese: 避難所 (hinanjo) — refuge
• Kazakh: баспана (baspana) — refuge
• Korean: 피난처 (pinancheo) — refuge
• Macedonian: засо́лниште (zasólnište) — refuge
• Macedonian: прибе́жиште (pribéžište) — refuge
• Māori: piringa — refuge
• Māori: punanga — refuge
• Māori: tuohunga — refuge
• Māori: whakamaurutanga — refuge
• Māori: āhuru mōwai — refuge
• Norman: hâvre — refuge
• Polish: przystań — refuge
• Portuguese: refúgio — refuge
• Punjabi: ਪਨਾਹਗਾਹ (panāhgāh) — refuge
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — refuge
• Russian: укры́тие (ukrýtije) — refuge
• Russian: прибе́жище (pribéžišče) — refuge
• Russian: приста́нище (pristánišče) — refuge
• Russian: прию́т (prijút) — refuge
• Serbo-Croatian: sklonište — refuge
• Serbo-Croatian: pribježište — refuge
• Serbo-Croatian: luka spasa — refuge
• Serbo-Croatian: refugij — refuge
• Spanish: asilo — refuge
• Spanish: refugio — refuge
• Swedish: fristad — refuge
• Swedish: tillflyktsort — refuge
• Finnish: tyyssija — a peaceful place
• French: havre — a peaceful place
• French: havre de paix — a peaceful place
• Hungarian: menedék — a peaceful place
• Macedonian: рај (raj) — a peaceful place
• Māori: nukuao — a peaceful place
• Māori: āhuru mōwai — a peaceful place
• Portuguese: santuário — a peaceful place
• Bulgarian: приютявам (prijutjavam) — to put into, or provide with a haven
• Finnish: suojella — to put into, or provide with a haven
• Finnish: tarjota suojapaikka — to put into, or provide with a haven