Pearl Harbor
English
Etymology
Calque of Hawaiian Wai Nomi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- A deep water harbor on Oahu, Hawaii.
- A US Navy base at the harbor.
- The attack on Pearl Harbor.
- Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 and was the direct cause of the United States' entry into World War II.
Translations
a harbor on Oahu
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Noun
Pearl Harbor (plural Pearl Harbors)
- A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
- 2002, Richard F. Hill, Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared War on Germany, page 85
- Most Americans wanted no more Pearl Harbors, but they now expected Germany to attempt one.
- 2002, Richard F. Hill, Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared War on Germany, page 85
- A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.
- 2012 July 6, Milton Clary (interviewee), Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (author), “Drone Hijacking? That’s Just the Start of GPS Troubles” [1], Wired
- “We certainly don’t want a GPS Pearl Harbor, but probably it’s gonna take a GPS Mogadishu to get people’s attention.”
- 2012 July 6, Milton Clary (interviewee), Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (author), “Drone Hijacking? That’s Just the Start of GPS Troubles” [1], Wired
Verb
Pearl Harbor (third-person singular simple present Pearl Harbors, present participle Pearl Harboring, simple past and past participle Pearl Harbored)
- (often passive voice, slang) To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.
- 2000, James P. Sterba, Earth Ethics: Introductory Readings on Animal Rights, page 345:
- The first and second ships had been successfully Pearl Harbored. The third was not to be surprised. As we approached, she dropped her net and fled. We pursued.
- 2013, Heiner Timmermann, The Future a Memory: The Cold War and Intelligence, page 127:
- Pearl Harbor had seared itself into the American consciousness, but even at the times of greatest tension American Presidents never believed that they were about to be Pearl Harbored again.
- 2000, James P. Sterba, Earth Ethics: Introductory Readings on Animal Rights, page 345:
- (often passive, slang, rare) To take rudely by surprise.
- (Can we date this quote?), Halloween Shrieks →ISBN, page 107:
- If I had quit two houses sooner than I did all would have been well but since I didn't, I got Pearl Harbored by some big kid dressed up in a Ben Cooper Howdy Doody plastic outfit and a goofily grinning mask […]
- 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students (2004, →ISBN, page 143:
- Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space.
- (Can we date this quote?), Halloween Shrieks →ISBN, page 107:
Polish
Etymology
English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Nomi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pearl Harbor m inan (indeclinable)
- Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States).
- (rare) The attack on Pearl Harbor.
Portuguese
Etymology
English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Nomi.
Proper noun
- Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Nomi.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Bosnia, Croatia) Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)
References
- “Pearl Harbor” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Nomi.
Pronunciation
Noun
Pȇarl Hȃrbor m inan
- Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)
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