Haifa

See also: HAIFA

English

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

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

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦajfa]
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Proper noun

Haifa f (relational adjective haifský)

  1. Haifa (a city in Israel)

Declension

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