haar

Pronunciation: /hɑː(ɹ)/

The English word “haar” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
A wind, especially one from the east, which blows in this fog.

Etymology

Attested since the late 17th century, alongside Scots haar (“cold easterly wind; misty wind; cold fog or mist”). Perhaps ultimately from Middle Dutch hare (“cold wind”) or a related Low German word; compare Dutch harig (“windy; foggy, misty”), Saterland Frisian harig (“misty”). Alternatively, perhaps simply a northern English or Scottish variant of hoar, or a borrowing of Old Norse hárr (“hoary”).

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