haven

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  1. noun A harbor or anchorage; a port.
  2. noun A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary.
  3. transitive verb To put into or provide with a haven.

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  • Billions of dollars have been pulled from emerging markets as investors seek the safest haven, which is still considered to be United States Treasury bills. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
  • I was born and raised in this community and I don't want to see this community becoming known as a haven for hookers and johns.
  • Gold is a monetary safe-haven, and the generic safe-haven concept is largely a straw-man meant to conjure-up crazy gold bugs living in cabins stocked with guns. —  Risk Markets And Politics
  • Sudan is known as a haven for terrorists including Osama bin Laden.
  • This is a board for peole who write in English, haven't you noticed? —  Home
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harbour ·  anchorage ·  cove ·  sanctuary ·  asylum ·  harbors ·  nook ·  oasis ·  refuge ·  stronghold ·  abide ·  retreat

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haven:   havens
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hæfen; see kap- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English haven, havene, from late Anglo-Saxon hæfen (genitive hæfene), hæfene (genitive hæfenan) = Dutch haven = Middle Low German havene, havende, have, Low German haven = Old High German hafan, havan, haven, Middle High German hafen, haven, habene, German hafen = Icelandic höfn = Swedish hamn = Danish havn (hence, from Low German, Old French havene, hable, havle, French havre, Middle Latin also havana (see Havana), accommodation habulum), a haven, harbor; allied to Anglo-Saxon hæf, earliest form hæb, plural heafu, the sea, = OFries. hef = Middle Low German haf, haff, the sea, Low German haf, haff, shoal water, tide-flats, = Middle High German hap (hab-), also habe, the sea, a bay, harbor, German haff (after Low German), a bay, gulf, = Icelandic Swedish haf = Danish hav, the open sea: see haaf, haff.
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