Haight
/heɪt/
Haight proper noun: a surname from Old English.
Proper noun
Haight (countable and uncountable, plural Haights)
- A surname from Old English.
- A locality in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.
- A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States.
- A street in San Francisco named after California pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight; a 1960s rallying point for drug culture, especially LSD (hallucinogenic acid).
Forms of Haight
| plural | Haights |
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Origin of Haight
From Old English hēahþu (“height”), a topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill. Compare Hight.
Words that rhyme with Haight
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
- crate
Questions about Haight
- What does Haight mean?
- Haight means a surname from Old English.
- What part of speech is Haight?
- Haight is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Haight?
- Haight is pronounced /heɪt/.
Words near Haight in the dictionary
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