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English
Proper noun
the Hub
- (informal) Nickname for Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hub n
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
East Central German
Proper noun
Hub m
- (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Hubert
Further reading
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:
German
Etymology 1
From the verb heben.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hub m (strong, genitive Hubes or Hubs, plural Hübe)
- lift, lifting
- Synonym: Heben
- (jargon) distance traveled by a piston within an engine
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Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from English hub.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hub m or n (strong, genitive Hubs, plural Hubs)
- (computing, transport) hub
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