Harvard

Harvard

See also: hårvård

English

Etymology

Surname from a dialectal Middle English variant of Hereward. Cognate with German Herwarth.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹvəɹd/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːvəd/
  • (Boston) IPA^(key): [haːvɪd], [haːvəd], [(h)äːvəd]

Proper noun

Harvard

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.
3. A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

Derived terms

• Harvard architecture
• Harvard comma
• Harvard format
• Harvard machine
• Harvardian
• Harvardiana

Translations

name

Arabic: هَارْفَارْد‎ m (harfard) Belarusian: Га́рвард m (Hárvard) Bengali: (please verify) হার্ভার্ড (harbharḍô) Bulgarian: Ха́рвард m (Hárvard) Chinese: Cantonese: 哈佛 (haa1 fat6) Mandarin: 哈佛 (zh) (Hāfó) French: Harvard (fr), Harvarde (rare) Greek: Χάρβαρντ (Chárvarnt) Hebrew: הרווארד‎ Hindi: हार्वर्ड (hārvarḍ) Japanese: ハーバード (Hābādo) Korean: 하버드 (Habeodeu) Macedonian: Харвард m (Harvard) Persian: هاروارد‎ Portuguese: Harvard Russian: Га́рвард (ru) m (Gárvard) Serbo-Croatian: Харвард m, Harvard (sh) m Thai: ฮาร์วาร์ด (haawâat) Ukrainian: Га́рвард m (Hárvard) Vietnamese: Harvard

place name

Armenian: Հարվարդ (Harvard) Chinese: Cantonese: 哈佛 (haa1 fat6) Mandarin: 哈佛 (zh) (Hāfó) French: Harvard (fr), Harvard (fr) Portuguese: Harvard f Russian: Га́рвард (ru) (Gárvard)

university

Armenian: Հարվարդ (Harvard) Chinese: Cantonese: 哈佛 (haa1 fat6) Mandarin: 哈佛大學／哈佛大学 (Hāfó Dàxué), 哈佛 (zh) (Hāfó) Finnish: Harvard French: Harvard (fr) German: Harvard (de) Hungarian: Harvard (hu) Portuguese: Harvard f Russian: Га́рвард (ru) (Gárvard) Ukrainian: Га́рвард m (Hárvard)

Further reading

• “Harvard”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Harvard at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Harvard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Harvard” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Harvard.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhaɦ.vaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhaɦ.vaɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɾ.vaɾ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhaɾ.vaɾ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈχaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɻ.vaɻ.de/ [ˈhaɻ.vaɻ.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.vɐɾd/ [ˈaɾ.vɐɾð]

Proper noun

Harvard f

1. Harvard (university in Cambridge)