Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US, countable)Any place of shelter.

    The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.

    убе́жищеubéžišče, приста́нищеpristánišče, кровkrov

    a place of refuge and comfort and security

  2. (US, countable)A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

    Hafen

    га́ваньgávanʹ, портport

    га́ваньhávanʹ, портport

  3. (US, countable)A mixing box for materials.

  4. (US, countable, obsolete)A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.

  5. (US, obsolete, uncountable)Shelter, refuge.

Examples

86 sentences
  1. Many yachts are in the harbor.

    У порту багато яхт. — deniko

    deIm Hafen liegen viele Jachten. — Tamy

  2. The ship is now in the harbor.

    Корабель зараз у порту. — deniko

    ruКорабль сейчас в порту. — Korvin

    deDas Schiff ist jetzt im Hafen. — MikeMolto

  3. The island has a fine harbor.

    ruНа острове есть хорошая гавань. — odexed

    deDie Insel hat einen schönen Hafen. — Tamy

  4. Sydney has a beautiful natural harbor.

  5. Our ship was approaching the harbor.

    ruНаш корабль приблизился к гавани. — Arkadeko

    deUnser Schiff näherte sich dem Hafen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
for ships:
Русский
By meaning 2
place of shelter:
for ships:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
for ships:

Origin

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quar

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.

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Forms

plural: harbors

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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