Haifa
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See also: HAIFA
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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".
Proper noun[edit]
Haifa
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a city in northern Israel
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Haifa f (related adjective haifský)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Haifa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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- English terms borrowed from Arabic
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- en:Cities in Israel
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- cs:Cities in Israel
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- Czech uncountable nouns
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