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Haber

Haber proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Haber

  1. A surname from German.
    1. (attributive) German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

Origin of Haber

* As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver. * Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).

Words formed from Haber

Questions about Haber

What does Haber mean?
Haber means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Haber?
Haber is a proper noun.

Words near Haber in the dictionary

  1. habenula
  2. habenulae
  3. habenular
  4. habenulointerpeduncular
  5. habenulæ
  6. Haber
  7. Haber process
  8. Haber syndrome
  9. haberah
  10. haberdascher
  11. haberdaschers

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