headquarters

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz/
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• US: /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 D K W AO2 R T ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH EH1 D K AO2 R T ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English quarters English headquarters From head + quarters.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hoofkwartier — military installation
• Albanian: shtab — military installation
• Arabic: الْقِيَادَة الْعَامَّة (al-qiyāda al-ʕāmma) — military installation
• Armenian: շտաբ (štab) — military installation
• Armenian: շտաբակայան (štabakayan) — military installation
• Azerbaijani: qərargah — military installation
• Basque: kuartel nagusi — military installation
• Belarusian: штаб (štab) — military installation
• Belarusian: штаб-кватэ́ра (štab-kvatéra) — military installation
• Bulgarian: щаб (štab) — military installation
• Bulgarian: щабкварти́ра (štabkvartíra) — military installation
• Bulgarian: центра́ла (centrála) — military installation
• Catalan: quarter general — military installation
• Chinese Mandarin: 大本營 /大本营 (dàběnyíng) — military installation
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮部 /指挥部 (zhǐhuībù) — military installation
• Chinese Mandarin: 司令部 (sīlìngbù) — military installation
• Crimean Tatar: ştab — military installation
• Czech: velitelství — military installation
• Czech: štáb — military installation
• Danish: hovedkvarter — military installation
• Dutch: hoofdkwartier — military installation
• Esperanto: stabejo — military installation
• Estonian: peakorter — military installation
• Estonian: staap — military installation
• Finnish: päämaja — military installation
• Finnish: pääesikunta — military installation
• French: quartier général — military installation
• Galician: cuartel xeneral — military installation
• Georgian: შტაბი (šṭabi) — military installation
• Georgian: მთავარი სამმართველო (mtavari sammartvelo) — military installation
• Georgian: შტაბ-ბინა (šṭab-bina) — military installation
• German: Hauptquartier — military installation
• Greek: αρχηγείο (archigeío) — military installation
• Greek: επιτελείο (epiteleío) — military installation
• Hebrew: מִפְקָדָה (mifkadá) — military installation
• Hindi: मुख्यालय (mukhyālay) — military installation
• Hungarian: parancsnokság — military installation
• Hungarian: főhadiszállás — military installation
• Icelandic: höfuðstöðvar — military installation
• Indonesian: markas besar — military installation
• Irish: ceanncheathrú — military installation
• Irish: príomhlongfort — military installation
• Italian: quartier generale — military installation
• Japanese: 司令部 (shireibu) — military installation
• Kazakh: штаб (ştab) — military installation
• Kazakh: штаб-пәтер (ştab-päter) — military installation
• Kazakh: бас кеңсе (bas keñse) — military installation
• Kazakh: бас штаб (bas ştab) — military installation
• Khmer: ទីបញ្ជាការ (tii bɑɑbɑñciə kaa) — military installation
• Korean: 사령부 (saryeongbu) — military installation
• Central Kurdish: بارەگا (barega) — military installation
• Northern Kurdish: biryargeh — military installation
• Northern Kurdish: qerargeh — military installation
• Kyrgyz: штаб (ştab) — military installation
• Kyrgyz: штаб-квартира (ştab-kvartira) — military installation
• Lao: ກອງບັນຊາການ (kǭng ban sā kān) — military installation
• Latin: praetōrium — military installation
• Latvian: štābs — military installation
• Latvian: komisariāts — military installation
• Lithuanian: štabas — military installation
• Macedonian: штаб (štab) — military installation
• Macedonian: центра́ла (centrála) — military installation
• Māori: papataunga — military installation
• Norwegian Bokmål: hovedkvarter — military installation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudkvarter — military installation
• Pashto: قرارګاه (qarārgā) — military installation
• Pashto: هېډکوارټر (heḍkwārṭar) — military installation
• Iranian Persian: سِتاد (setâd) — military installation
• Iranian Persian: قَرارْگاهِ مَرْکَزی (ġarârgâh-e markazi) — military installation
• Iranian Persian: قَرارْگاه (ġarârgâh) — military installation
• Polish: sztab — military installation
• Portuguese: quartel-general — military installation
• Romanian: cartier general — military installation
• Russian: штаб (štab) — military installation
• Russian: штаб-кварти́ра (štab-kvartíra) — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: заповедни́штво — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: заповједни́штво — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: шта̑б — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovedništvo — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovjedníštvo — military installation
• Serbo-Croatian: štȃb — military installation
• Slovak: veliteľstvo — military installation
• Slovak: štáb — military installation
• Slovene: poveljstvo — military installation
• Slovene: štab — military installation
• Slovene: sedež — military installation
• Spanish: cuartel general — military installation
• Spanish: cuarteles generales — military installation
• Swedish: högkvarter — military installation
• Tagalog: punong himpilan — military installation
• Tagalog: punong tanggapan — military installation
• Tajik: қароргоҳ (qarorgoh) — military installation
• Tajik: ситод (sitod) — military installation
• Tajik: штаб (štab) — military installation
• Tajik: қароргоҳи штаб (qarorgoh-i štab) — military installation
• Thai: กองบัญชาการ (gɔɔng-ban-chaa-gaan) — military installation
• Thai: บ.ก. (bɔɔ.gɔɔ.) — military installation
• Turkish: karargâh — military installation
• Turkmen: ştab — military installation
• Turkmen: ştab-kwartira — military installation
• Ukrainian: штаб (štab) — military installation
• Ukrainian: штаб-кварти́ра (štab-kvartýra) — military installation
• Urdu: ہیڈ کُوارْٹَر (heḍ kuārṭar) — military installation
• Urdu: مَرْکَزی دَفْتَر (markazī daftar) — military installation
• Urdu: صَدْر دَفْتَر (sadr daftar) — military installation
• Urdu: قَرار گاہ (qarār gāh) — military installation
• Uyghur: باش شتاب (bash shtab) — military installation
• Uzbek: shtab — military installation
• Uzbek: shtab-kvartira — military installation
• Uzbek: qarorgoh — military installation
• Uzbek: shtab qarorgohi — military installation
• Vietnamese: tổng hành dinh — military installation
• Afrikaans: hoofkwartier — center of organisation's activity
• Afrikaans: hoofkantoor — center of organisation's activity
• Arabic: مَقَرّ (maqarr) — center of organisation's activity
• Armenian: գլխամաս (glxamas) — center of organisation's activity
• Basque: egoitza — center of organisation's activity
• Basque: buzagitza — center of organisation's activity
• Basque: buruzagitza — center of organisation's activity
• Basque: bulego — center of organisation's activity
• Basque: zentrala — center of organisation's activity
• Bulgarian: це́нтър (céntǎr) — center of organisation's activity
• Burmese: ဌာနချုပ် (htana.hkyup) — center of organisation's activity
• Catalan: central — center of organisation's activity
• Catalan: seu — center of organisation's activity
• Catalan: seu central — center of organisation's activity
• Catalan: prefectura — center of organisation's activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 總部 /总部 (zǒngbù) — center of organisation's activity
• Czech: centrála — center of organisation's activity
• Danish: hovedkvarter — center of organisation's activity
• Dutch: hoofdkwartier — center of organisation's activity
• Dutch: hoofdkantoor — center of organisation's activity
• Esperanto: sidejo — center of organisation's activity
• Finnish: pääkonttori — center of organisation's activity
• Finnish: keskustoimisto — center of organisation's activity
• French: siège social — center of organisation's activity
• French: siège — center of organisation's activity
• Galician: sede — center of organisation's activity
• Galician: sede central — center of organisation's activity
• Galician: xefatura — center of organisation's activity
• Georgian: შტაბი (šṭabi) — center of organisation's activity
• Georgian: ცენტრი (cenṭri) — center of organisation's activity
• Georgian: მთავარი სამმართველო (mtavari sammartvelo) — center of organisation's activity
• Georgian: შტაბ-ბინა (šṭab-bina) — center of organisation's activity
• Georgian: სათაო ოფისი (satao opisi) — center of organisation's activity
• German: Zentrale — center of organisation's activity
• German: Präsidium — center of organisation's activity
• Greek: έδρα (édra) — center of organisation's activity
• Hebrew: מטכ׳ל (matei klali) — center of organisation's activity
• Hindi: मुख्यालय (mukhyālay) — center of organisation's activity
• Ido: sideyo — center of organisation's activity
• Indonesian: kantor pusat — center of organisation's activity
• Irish: príomhoifig — center of organisation's activity
• Irish: ardoifig — center of organisation's activity
• Italian: sede centrale — center of organisation's activity
• Japanese: 本部 (honbu) — center of organisation's activity
• Japanese: 本社 (honsha) — center of organisation's activity
• Kapampangan: pun tanggapan — center of organisation's activity
• Kazakh: штаб (ştab) — center of organisation's activity
• Kazakh: бас кеңсе (bas keñse) — center of organisation's activity
• Khmer: ការិយាល័យកណ្ដាល (kaariyaalay-kɑɑkɑndaal) — center of organisation's activity
• Korean: 본부 (bonbu) — center of organisation's activity
• Korean: 본사 (bonsa) — center of organisation's activity
• Central Kurdish: بارەگا (barega) — center of organisation's activity
• Malay: ibu pejabat — center of organisation's activity
• Malayalam: ആസ്ഥാനം (āsthānaṁ) — center of organisation's activity
• Manx: ard-oik — center of organisation's activity
• Māori: papataunga — center of organisation's activity
• Navajo: atʼoh — center of organisation's activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: hovedkvarter — center of organisation's activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: hovedkontor — center of organisation's activity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudkvarter — center of organisation's activity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudkontor — center of organisation's activity
• Iranian Persian: سِتاد (setâd) — center of organisation's activity
• Polish: centrala — center of organisation's activity
• Polish: kwatera — center of organisation's activity
• Polish: siedziba — center of organisation's activity
• Portuguese: sede — center of organisation's activity
• Portuguese: matriz — center of organisation's activity
• Romanian: sediu — center of organisation's activity
• Romanian: centrală — center of organisation's activity
• Russian: гла́вное управле́ние (glávnoje upravlénije) — center of organisation's activity
• Russian: центр (centr) — center of organisation's activity
• Russian: головно́й о́фис (golovnój ófis) — center of organisation's activity
• Russian: гла́вный о́фис (glávnyj ófis) — center of organisation's activity
• Russian: штаб-кварти́ра (štab-kvartíra) — center of organisation's activity
• Spanish: sede — center of organisation's activity
• Spanish: jefatura — center of organisation's activity
• Spanish: sede central — center of organisation's activity
• Swedish: huvudkvarter — center of organisation's activity
• Swedish: högkvarter — center of organisation's activity
• Tagalog: punong himpilan — center of organisation's activity
• Tagalog: punong tanggapan — center of organisation's activity
• Thai: สํานักงานใหญ่ — center of organisation's activity
• Vietnamese: trụ sở — center of organisation's activity
• Bulgarian: център (centǎr) — place
• Finnish: keskuspaikka — place
• Greek: κέντρο (kéntro) — place
• Vietnamese: trung tâm — place