Haifa

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See also: HAIFA

English

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (Hayfa) and Arabic حَيْفَا (Ḥayfā), from Hebrew חיפה (Kheifa), from Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”) presumably in reference to Mount Carmel, from Akkadian kāpu "rock".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxaɪfə/, /ˈhaɪfə/

Proper noun

Haifa

  2. A port city in northern Israel.
  4. A district of Israel.

Translations

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Proper noun

Haifa f (relational adjective haifský)

  1. Haifa (a city in Israel)

Declension

Declension of Haifa (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Haifa
genitive Haify
dative Haifě
accusative Haifu
vocative Haifo
locative Haifě
instrumental Haifou

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