• IPA: /ˈheɪvən/

haven (plural havens)

1. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […]‎, London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089 ↗, [Act 13, scene what ſhipping, and what ladings in our hauen,]:

   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Break, break, break,”, in Poems. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1008064829 ↗, page 229 ↗:

     And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;

2. (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
3. (by extension) A peaceful place.

• refuge
• sanctuary
• zoar

• French: port, havre
• German: Hafen
• Italian: porto
• Portuguese: porto
• Russian: га́вань
• Spanish: puerto

• French: asile, refuge, abri, havre
• German: Zufluchtsort
• Portuguese: refúgio
• Russian: убе́жище
• Spanish: asilo, refugio

haven (havens, present participle havening; past and past participle havened)

1. To put into, or provide with a haven.

1. Surname
2. A unisex given name of modern usage.