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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

供給ハブ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyōkyū habu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supply-hub/səˈplaɪ hʌb/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"新しい供給ハブにより配送時間が短縮されました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A central facility or location where goods, materials, or resources are received, stored, and redistributed to various destinations.

    "The new regional supply-hub significantly reduced delivery times for all local retail stores."
  2. 2

    A strategic center that coordinates the logistics and flow of supplies within a large organization or network.

    "The military established a major supply-hub near the border to streamline equipment distribution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a modern compound combining 'supply', derived from the Latin 'supplere' (to fill up, complete), and 'hub', originating in the 17th century as a variant of 'hob' referring to the central part of a wheel. Together, the compound emerged in late 20th-century logistics and supply chain management terminology to denote a central focal point for distributing goods and resources.

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🇫🇷French → English

plateforme d'approvisionnement

Transliteration: plat-fɔʁm d‿apʁɔvizjɔnmɑ̃

"La nouvelle plateforme d'approvisionnement améliorera l'efficacité de la chaîne logistique."

🇩🇪German → English

Versorgungsdrehscheibe

Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡʊŋsˌdʁeːʃaɪ̯bə

"Das Unternehmen hat eine neue Versorgungsdrehscheibe im Norden eröffnet."

🇮🇹Italian → English

centro di approvvigionamento

Transliteration: ˈtʃɛntro di approvvigjoˈnamento

"Il centro di approvvigionamento gestisce tutte le merci in entrata."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

centro de suministro

Transliteration: ˈsentɾo de sumiˈnistɾo

"El centro de suministro optimiza el transporte de mercancías."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

centro de suprimentos

Transliteration: ˈsẽtɾu dʒi supɾiˈmẽtus

"O centro de suprimentos garante que nenhuma loja fique sem estoque."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आपूर्ति केंद्र

Transliteration: āpūrti kēndra

"इस नए आपूर्ति केंद्र से वितरण प्रक्रिया तेज हो जाएगी।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

供应枢纽

Transliteration: gōngyìng shūniǔ

"该供应枢纽大大提升了物流效率。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

공급 허브

Transliteration: gong-geup heo-beu

"새로운 공급 허브가 물류 비용을 절감해 줍니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

供給ハブ

Transliteration: kyōkyū habu

"新しい供給ハブにより配送時間が短縮されました。"

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