Pearl Harbor

== English == === Alternative forms === Pearl Harbour === Etymology === Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɜːl ˈhɑːbə/ === Proper noun === Pearl Harbor A placename A deep water harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States in the Pacific. (military) A naval base in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States: a US Navy base Alternative form of Pearl Harbour. (historical, metonymic) The attack on Pearl Harbor. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Pearl Harbor (plural Pearl Harbors) A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures. A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy. === Verb === Pearl Harbor (third-person singular simple present Pearl Harbors, present participle Pearl Harboring, simple past and past participle Pearl Harbored) (often passive voice, slang) To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack. (often passive, slang, rare) To take rudely by surprise. 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students (2004, →ISBN, page 143: Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space. === See also === == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Pearl Harbor, from Hawaiian Wai Momi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛrl ˈxar.bɔr/ Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Proper noun === Pearl Harbor m inan (indeclinable) Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States) (historical, rare) the attack on Pearl Harbor === Further reading === “Pearl Harbor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish) Pearl Harbor in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Momi. === Proper noun === Pearl Harbor f Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States) == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === Perl Harbor === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Momi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pêrl̩ xǎrbor/ === Noun === Pearl Harbor m (Bosnia, Croatia) Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States) === Further reading === “Pearl Harbor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Momi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛ́ːrl xáːrbɔr/ === Noun === Pȇarl Hȃrbor m inan Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)