Haifa
/ˈxaɪfə/
Haifa proper noun: a port city in northern Israel.
Proper noun (1)
Haifa
Proper noun (2) capitalized: HAIFA
HAIFA
Haifa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Haifa in Hindi
- a city in northern Israel
- हाइफ़ा hāifā
Haifa in Tamil
- a city in northern Israel
- கைஃபா kaifā
Haifa in Marathi
- a city in northern Israel
- हैफा haiphā
Haifa in Urdu
- a city in northern Israel
- حیفا haifā, حیفہ haifa
More languagesFewer languages
- Haifa in Bengali
- হাইফা haipha
- Haifa in Malayalam
- ഹൈഫ haipha
- Haifa in Kannada
- ಹೈಫ haipha
- Haifa in Punjabi
- ਹੈਫਾ haiphā
- Haifa in Arabic
- حَيْفَا ḥayfā
- Haifa in Persian
- حیفا hayfā /heyfâ
- Haifa in Thai
- ไฮฟา hai-faa
Origin of Haifa
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".
Questions about Haifa
- What does Haifa mean?
- Haifa means a port city in northern Israel.
- What is Haifa in Hindi?
- Haifa in Hindi is हाइफ़ा (hāifā). See Haifa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Haifa?
- Haifa is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Haifa?
- Haifa is pronounced /ˈxaɪfə/.
Words near Haifa in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Haifa (page history and authors); HAIFA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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