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Haven Definition

haven

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English

Etymology

Old English hæfen, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Danish/Norwegian havn), from haban 'sea' (compare Old English hæf, German Haff 'gulf', Danish hav), or from Proto-Indo-European *kopno- (compare Irish cúan 'harbor, recess, haven').

Pronunciation

Noun

haven (plural havens)

  1. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  2. (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.

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Verb

haven (third-person singular simple present havens, present participle havening, simple past and past participle havened)

  1. To put into, or provide with a haven.

Translations

to put into, or provide with a haven

Anagrams


Danish

Noun

haven c.

  1. singular definite of have

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō.

Pronunciation

Noun

haven f. (plural havens, diminutive haventje)

  1. harbour
  2. port

Derived terms


Middle English

Verb

haven

  1. to have

Descendants


Swedish

Noun

haven

  1. definite plural of hav

 

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Haven

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up haven in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Haven(s) or The Haven(s) may refer to:
  • Harbor, a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored
  • Sanctuary, a consecrated area or a place of safety

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Literature

  • Haven (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter), a fictional character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels
  • Haven (Artemis Fowl), a place in the Artemis Fowl series
  • Haven (comics), a villain in the X-Men comics
  • Republic of Haven, a star nation in David Weber's Honorverse series
  • Haven, a fictional town in Stephen King's novel The Tommyknockers
  • Haven, a character in the 1987 comic book Fusion
  • Haven, a city in the Dragonlance series
  • Haven, a planet in the War World series by Jerry Pournelle
  • Haven, a minor planet in the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
  • Haven, the capital city of Valdemar, in the fictional world of Velgarth, in the novels of Mercedes Lackey
  • Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America, a book by Ruth Gruber, basis for the 2001 TV miniseries
  • Haven, a fictional character in the novel Evermore by Alyson Noel
  • Haven, a fictional prison city that is home to the DC Comics group The Alliance

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