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From Middle English wher, quher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun). Cognate with Scots quhare (“where”), West Frisian wêr (“where”), Dutch waar (“where”), German wo (“where”), Danish hvor (“where”), Icelandic hvar (“where”); related to Old English hwā (“who”). More at who.
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where
- While on the contrary; although; whereas.
- Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
- At or in which place or situation.
- He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
- To which place or situation.
- The snowbirds travel where it is warm.
- Wherever.
- Their job is to go where they are called.
- (law) In a position, case, etc., in which.
- Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary pratices.
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the place in/at which; the place from which
- Albanian: ku (sq)
- Arabic: أين (ar) ('áyna)
- Egyptian Arabic: فين (feen)
- Lebanese/Syrian: وين (wayn)
- Armenian: որտեղ (hy) (orteġ)
- Aromanian: iu
- Basque: non
- Belarusian: дзе (be) (dze), адкуль (be) (adkúl') (where from)
- Bulgarian: къде (bg) (kǎde), откъде (bg) (otkǎde) (where from)
- Catalan: on
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哪兒 (cmn), 哪儿 (cmn) (nǎr), 哪里 (cmn) (nǎli)
- Min Nan: 叨位 (tó-ūi), 佗位 (tó-ūi)
- Crimean Tatar: qayerge
- Croatian: gdje (hr)
- Czech: kde (cs), odkud (cs) (where from)
- Danish: hvor (da)
- Dutch: waar; waarvan, waarvandaan
- Esperanto: kie (eo)
- French: où (fr), d'où (fr) (where from)
- German: wo (de), woher (de) (where from)
- Greek: όπου (el) (ópou)
- Hebrew: איפה (he) (eyfó), היכן (he) (heykhan)
- Hindi: जहाँ (hi) (jahā̃)
- Hungarian: hol (hu), honnan (hu)
- Icelandic: þar sem (is)
- Ido: ube
- Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
- Interlingua: ubi (ia)
- Italian: dove (it)
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- Japanese: 何処に (ja) (どこに, doko-ni), どこに (ja) (doko-ni)
- Kashubian: dze
- Korean: 어디 (ko) (eodi)
- Kurdish: cihê (ku)
- Latin: ubi (la)
- Latvian: kur (lv)
- Macedonian: каде (mk) (káde)
- Maltese: fejn (mt)
- Norwegian: hvor (no)
- Occitan: ont (oc)
- Persian: کجا (fa) (kojaa)
- Polish: gdzie (pl), skąd (pl) (where from)
- Portuguese: onde (pt), de onde (pt) (where from)
- Romanian: unde (ro)
- Russian: где (ru) (gde); откуда (ru) (otkúda) (where from), (where to) куда (ru) (kudá)
- Scots: whaur
- Serbo-Croatian: где (sh), gde (sh), гдје (sh), gdje (sh)
- Slovak: kde (sk), odkiaľ (sk) (where from)
- Slovene: kje (sl)
- Spanish: donde (es), dónde (es)
- Swedish: där (sv), var (sv)
- Tagalog: kung saan (tl)
- Thai: ที่ไหน (th) (têe-năi), ไหน (th) (năi)
- Turkish: nerede (tr)
- Ukrainian: де (uk) (de), звідки (uk) (svidký) (where from)
- Urdu: جہاں (ur) (jahāṅ)
- Vietnamese: đâu (vi)
- Volapük: kö (vo)
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[edit] Adverb
where (not comparable)
- (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; what place.
- Where are you?
- Where are you going?
- Where did you come from?
- In what situation.
- Where would we be without our parents?
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at what place; to what place; from what place
- American Sign Language: 1@Side-PalmForward SmallSidetoside
- Arabic: أينَ (ar) ('áyna, 'ayn)
- Egyptian: منين (meniin) (from what place); فين (feːn) (at what place)
- Armenian: որտեղ (hy) (orteġ), ուր (hy) (ur)
- Old Armenian: յո (yo), ուր (ur)
- Belarusian: дзе (be) (dze)
- Bulgarian: къде (bg) (kǎdé)
- Burmese: ဘယ် (my) (bè)
- Chamicuro: na'yeni
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哪兒 (zh), 哪儿 (zh) (nǎr), 哪裡 (zh), 哪里 (zh) (nǎlǐ)
- Crimean Tatar: qayda, qayerde
- Czech: kde (cs), (where to) kam (cs), (where from) odkud (cs)
- Danish: hvor (da)
- Dutch: waar; waarheen; waarvan, waarvandaan
- Esperanto: kie (eo)
- Finnish: missä; mistä; mihin
- French: où (fr), (where from) d'où (fr)
- Old French: ou
- German: wo (de), wohin (de) (where to), woher (de) (from what place)
- Greek: πού (opu)
- Hebrew: מאין (mei-ayin)
- Hiligaynon: diin
- Hindi: कहाँ (hi) (kahā̃)
- Icelandic: hvar (is)
- Ido: ube (io)
- Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
- Interlingua: ubi (ia)
- Irish: cá (ga)
- Italian: dove (it)
- Japanese: 何処 (ja) (どこ, doko), どこ (ja) (doko), どうなる (ja) (dō naru)
- Korean: 어디 (ko) (eodi)
- Krio: usay
- Kurdish: kû (ku), کوێ (ku)
- Latin: ubi (la), unde (la), quo (la)
- Lojban: vi ma, unless the selbri's place structure has a sumti for location (where at/where to/where from) in which case just fill it in with ma
- Macedonian: каде (mk) (káde)
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- Malagasy: aiza (mg)
- Navajo: háadi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hvor (no)
- Nynorsk: kor (nn), kvar (nn)
- Old Irish: cía airm, cairm, cía dú
- Persian: کجا (fa) (kojâ)
- Polish: gdzie (at what place); dokąd (to what place); skąd (from what place)
- Portuguese: onde; aonde; de onde
- Romanian: unde (ro)
- Romansch: nua
- Russian: где (ru) (gde), куда (ru) (kudá) (where to), откуда (ru) (otkúda) (where from)
- Scots: whaur
- Scottish Gaelic: càite (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: где (sh), гдје (sh)
- Roman: gde (sh), gdje (sh)
- Sindhi: ڪِٿي (sd) (kithé) (at what place); ڪِٿان (sd) (kithā̃) (from what place); ڪيڏانهن (sd) (kéddā̃h) (to what place)
- Sinhalese: කෝ (si) (kō)
- Slovak: kde (sk)
- Slovene: kje (at what place); kam (to what place); odkod (from what place)
- Spanish: dónde; adónde; de dónde
- Swedish: var (sv) (at what place); vart (sv) (to what place); varifrån (sv) (from what place)
- Tagalog: saan (tl)
- Telugu: ఎక్కడ (ekkaDa)
- Thai: ที่ไหน (th) (têe năi)
- Ukrainian: де (uk) (de), (where to) куди (uk) (kudý), (where from) звідки (uk) (zvidký)
- Urdu: کہاں (ur) (kahā̃)
- Vietnamese: ở đâu (vi)
- Welsh: man (cy), ble (cy)
- West Frisian: wêr (fy)
- Yiddish: וווּ (vu)
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where
- The place in which.
- He lives within five miles of where he was born.
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where (uncountable)
- The place in which something happens.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
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the place in which something happens
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