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Haifa¹

  • /ˈxaɪfə/
  • /ˈhaɪfə/

Where it comes from

From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (hayfa) and Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), from Biblical Hebrew חיפה (ḥēp̄ɔ̂), from Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”) presumably in reference to Mount Carmel, from Akkadian kāpu "rock".

proper noun

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

HAIFA²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of hash iterative framework: a cryptographic structure used in the design of hash functions.

Translations

Every language

name a city in northern Israel

한국어하이파 haipa
日本語ハイファ Haifa
中文海法 Hǎifǎ
हिन्दीहाइफ़ा hāifā
FrançaisHaïfa
ΕλληνικάΧάιφα Cháifa
РусскийХа́йфа Xájfa
العربيةحَيْفَا ḥayfā
עבריתחֵיפָה kheifá

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MLA

"Haifa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/haifa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Haifa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/haifa

Chicago

"Haifa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/haifa.

BibTeX
@misc{haifa_2026,
  title = {Haifa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haifa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}