haven

Meaning

Noun

1. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
2. A place of safety.
3. A peaceful place.

Verb

To put into, or provide with a haven.

Verb

plural simple present of have

Synonyms

harbour

port

refuge

shelter

harbor

asylum

sanctuary

seaport

dock

anchorage

oasis

retreat

wharf

nook

patience

place of refuge

hotbed

port of distress

port of refuge

postage

quayside

recourse

harbour of refuge

resort

harborage

chamber

berth

snuggery

safehold

refuge harbor

house

🏠

sheltering harbor

inlet

moorage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈheɪvən/

Etymology

From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.