(archaic, dialectal, masculine) harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US)
(masculine) haven
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/avʁ/
Etymology
Via Middle French, from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or more probably from Old Danish *hafn (Danish havn), from Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō. Cognate with English haven.