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haor

/ˈhɑːɒɹ/

haor noun: a marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, mainly in the Sylhet Division, physically a bowl- or saucer-shaped depression that forms large water bodies during the monsoon floods.

haor: a marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, mainly in the Sylhet Division,...
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Noun

haor (plural haors)

  1. A marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, mainly in the Sylhet Division, physically a bowl- or saucer-shaped depression that forms large water bodies during the monsoon floods.

haor meaning in Gujarati

haor in Gujarati

haor
હાઓર hāora

Forms of haor

pluralhaors

Origin of haor

Ultimately from Sanskrit सागर (sāgara, “ocean”), through Prakrit Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀬𑀭 (sāyara) and Apabhraṃśa forms. A regional Eastern Indo-Aryan term. Compare Assamese হাৱৰ (hawor), Bengali হাওর (haōr), and Sylheti ꠀꠅꠞ (aor).

Questions about haor

What does haor mean?
Haor means a marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, mainly in the Sylhet Division, physically a bowl- or saucer-shaped depression that forms large water bodies during the monsoon floods.
What is haor in Gujarati?
Haor in Gujarati is હાઓર (hāora). See Haor meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is haor?
Haor is a noun.
How do you pronounce haor?
Haor is pronounced /ˈhɑːɒɹ/.
What is the plural of haor?
The plural of haor is haors.

Words near haor in the dictionary

  1. haole
  2. haole time
  3. haoles
  4. haoma
  5. haomas
  6. haor
  7. Haora
  8. Haoreima
  9. haori
  10. haors
  11. Haos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haor (page history and authors); હાઓર (Gujarati) (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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