Haifa

[ hahy-fuh ]

/ ˈhaɪ fə /

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noun

a seaport in NW Israel.

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How to use Haifa in a sentence

Naama Geva-Zatorsky works at the Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center in Haifa, Israel.
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Pearl was studying at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa when she met her future husband.
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It brings to mind a study we described in our first Freakonomics book, about a bunch of day-care centers in Haifa, Israel.
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HAIFA, Israel — Over the past few days, the north of Israel caught fire.
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Within days of the meeting the Haifa Arabs began streaming out of the city.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land|Sol Stern|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the mixed city of Haifa, for example, the Jewish mayor Shabtai Levy met with Arab leaders just before the war broke out.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land|Sol Stern|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first Iraqis you introduce, Yaghdan and Haifa, preview their stories a bit.
We Abandoned Them: Kirk Johnson’s Fight to Save Iraqis|John Kael Weston|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Iron Dome anti-rocket batteries have been deployed in the northern regions of Safed, Amakim, and Haifa.
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While we drink the children gather from afar; every one in Haifa under the age of fourteen is there I should say.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
They were still confined to Acca in 1906 when I visited Haifa.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
After a wearisome journey, she and her brother reached Haifa.
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Haifa is notorious on account of its associations with Mount Carmel.
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Thus, a sheep was sacrificed at the building of a jetty for the landing of the German Emperor at Haifa in 1898.
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British Dictionary definitions for Haifa

Haifa

/ (ˈhaɪfə) /

noun

a port in NW Israel, near Mount Carmel, on the Bay of Acre: Israel's chief port, with an oil refinery and other heavy industry. Pop: 269 400 (2003 est)

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