Pearl Harbor

Etymology
. The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.

Proper noun

 * 1) A placename
 * : a US Navy base
 * 1)  The.
 * 1)  The.
 * 1)  The.
 * 1)  The.

Translations

 * Arabic: بِيرْل هَارْبَر
 * Belarusian: Перл-Ха́рбар
 * Bulgarian: Пърл Ха́рбър
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Перл Га́рбор
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: Pearl Harbor
 * Finnish: Pearl Harbor
 * German:
 * Greek: Περλ Χάρμπορ
 * Hawaiian: Wai Momi
 * Hebrew: פרל הארבור
 * Hindi: पर्ल हार्बर
 * Icelandic: Perluhöfn
 * Japanese: 真珠湾, パールハーバー
 * Korean: ^진주만(珍珠灣), ^펄 ^하버
 * Macedonian: Перл Харбор
 * Marathi: पर्ल हार्बर
 * Persian: پرل هاربر
 * Polish: Pearl Harbor
 * Portuguese: Pearl Harbor
 * Russian: Пёрл-Ха́рбор, Перл-Ха́рбор, Перл-Ха́рбор
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Перл Харбор
 * Latin:, Perl Harbor
 * Slovene: Pearl Harbor
 * Thai: ท่าเรือเพิร์ล
 * Ukrainian: Перл-Ха́рбор
 * Vietnamese: Trân Châu Cảng

Noun

 * 1) A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
 * 2) A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.
 * 1) A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.

Verb

 * 1)  To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.
 * 2)  To take rudely by surprise.
 * 3) * 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students (2004, ISBN 0415281059, page 143:
 * Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space.
 * 1) * 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students (2004, ISBN 0415281059, page 143:
 * Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space.

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Proper noun

 * 1)  the attack on Pearl Harbor
 * 1)  the attack on Pearl Harbor

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