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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ハブ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: habu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hub/hʌb/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"この都市はテクノロジースタートアップの重要なハブになりました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A central point of concentrated activity and influence.

    "The city has become a major hub for technology startups."
  2. 2

    A device that connects multiple computers in a network.

    "The network hub allows all computers to communicate with each other."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English hobbe, meaning the hump or projection in the center of a wheel, of uncertain ultimate origin but likely related to Low German or Scandinavian dialectal terms. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from the literal center of a wheel to metaphorically represent any central point of activity, infrastructure, or network distribution.

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