Haifa

== English == === Etymology === 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". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaɪfə/, /ˈhaɪfə/ === Proper noun === Haifa A port city in northern Israel. A district of Israel. ==== Related terms ==== Haifan ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦajfa] === Proper noun === Haifa f (relational adjective haifský) Haifa (a city in Israel) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Haifa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989