Haven

Haven

Haven is a harbor or anchorage protected from the sea, or, by extension, a place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.

Haven may also refer to:

Books and comics

* Haven (Artemis Fowl), a place in the Artemis Fowl series
* Haven (X-Men), a villain in the "X-Men" comics
* A fictional town in Stephen King's novel "The Tommyknockers"
* A character in the 1987 comic book "Fusion"
* A city in the Dragonlance series
* A city–state in the "Forest Kingdom" series by Simon R. Green
* A planet in the War World series by Jerry Pournelle
* A planet in the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
* Republic of Haven, a star nation in David Weber's Honorverse series

Games

* "", a video game for PlayStation 2
* "", a paper and pencil role-playing game
* A "prison book" in the video game ""
* A vampire's house in the fantasy role-playing game ""
* A political entity in the fantasy role-playing game "Earthdawn"
* A planet in the role-playing game "Shatterzone"
* "Haven", a Pen & Paper role-playing game
* "Outer Haven", an Arsenal Gear-class battleship hidden at "Shadow Moses Island" in the stealth action video game ""

Music

* Haven (band), an English indie rock band
* Haven (American band), a Christian Metal band signed to R.E.X. Records
* "Haven" (Dark Tranquillity album)
* "Haven" (Flook album)
* "Haven" (JJ Lin album)

People

* Haven (surname)
* Havens (surname)

Places

* Haven, Kansas, US
* Haven, Wisconsin, US
* Haven Township, Minnesota, US
* Haven ports, a group of five docks on the East Coast of England
* The Haven, the tidal river of the Port of Boston, Lincolnshire, England
* The Havens, a community, and an electoral ward, in Pembrokeshire, Wales

chools

* Haven High Technology College, a secondary school in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
* Haven Institute, a residential learning centre in the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada
* Haven Middle School, Evanston, Illinois, US

hips

* "M/T Haven", an oil tanker that exploded at sea in 1991
* "Haven" class hospital ship, a class of U.S. Navy hospital ships
** USS "Haven" (AH-12), the lead ship of that class

Television, film, and theatre

* "Haven" (film), a 2004 movie starring Orlando Bloom and Zoë Saldaña
** "Haven" (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
* "Haven" (TV miniseries), a 2001 American television miniseries starring Natasha Richardson
* "Haven" (Dark Angel), an episode of "Dark Angel"
* "Haven" (TNG episode), an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
* "Haven" (Transformers episode), an episode of "Transformers Cybertron"
* A planet in the Firefly/Serenity universe, from the 2005 film "Serenity"

Other uses

* Haven (graph theory), a mathematical function
* Haven and British Holidays, a company that runs holiday parks in the United Kingdom and Europe
* HavenCo, a data hosting services company
* A nickname for Whitehaven RLFC, a Cumbrian rugby league club
* A Harbor

ee also

* New Haven (disambiguation), a common place name in the United States
* East Haven (disambiguation)
* West Haven (disambiguation)
* North Haven (disambiguation)
* South Haven (disambiguation)
* Safe haven (disambiguation)
* Corporate haven
* Data haven
* Tax haven
* Fair Haven


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  • Haven — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Annette Haven (* 1954), amerikanische Pornodarstellerin Edwin De Haven (1819–1865), amerikanischer Polarforscher und Seefahrer Lambert van Haven (1630–1695), als Maler und Architekt in Kopenhagen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Haven — Студийный альбом Dark Tranquillity Дата выпуска 17 июля 2000 Записан Studio Fredma …   Википедия

  • haven — UK US /ˈheɪvən/ noun [C] ► a safe place, especially a country where you can keep your money protected: »The island s tax regulations are so lax that it has become a haven for owners of offshore companies. → See also SAFE HAVEN(Cf. ↑safe haven),… …   Financial and business terms

  • Haven — Ha ven (h[=a] v n), n. [AS. h[ae]fene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. h[ o]fn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see {Heave}); or akin to AS. h[ae]f sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Häven — bezeichnet: einen Ortsteil der Gemeinde Langen Jarchow im Landkreis Ludwigslust Parchim in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, siehe Häven (Langen Jarchow) eine Dorfschaft der Gemeinde Ratekau im Kreis Ostholstein in Schleswig Holstein, siehe Häven (Ratekau) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Haven — Haven, KS U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 1175 Housing Units (2000): 498 Land area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Haven, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 1175 Housing Units (2000): 498 Land area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • haven — (n.) O.E. hæfen haven, port, from O.N. höfn haven, harbor or directly from P.Gmc. *hafno (Cf. Dan. havn, M.L.G. havene, Ger. Hafen), perhaps from PIE *kap to seize, hold contain (see HAVE (Cf. have)) on notion of place that holds ships, but Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • haven — [hā′vən] n. [ME < OE hæfen, akin to Ger hafen, LowG haff < IE * kapnos, haven < base * kap : see HAVE] 1. a port; harbor 2. any sheltered, safe place; refuge vt. to provide a haven for …   English World dictionary

  • Haven — Ha ven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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