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Haut-Canada
proper noun
Upper Canada (a former British colony located in what is now southern Ontario)
Haut-Karabagh
proper noun
alternative spelling of Haut-Karabakh
Haut-Karabakh
proper noun
Nagorno-Karabakh (a region of the South Caucasus); Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de-facto independent country, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan)
Haut-Rhin
proper noun
Haut-Rhin (a department of Grand Est, France)
Haute-Autriche
proper noun
Upper Austria (a state of Austria)
Haute-Corse
proper noun
Haute-Corse (a department of Corsica, France)
Haute-Garonne
proper noun
Haute-Garonne (a department of Occitania, France)
Haute-Loire
proper noun
Haute-Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Haute-Marne
proper noun
Haute-Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)
Haute-Normandie
proper noun
Upper Normandy (a former administrative region of France; now part of the administrative region of Normandy)
Haute-Savoie
proper noun
Haute-Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Haute-Saône
proper noun
Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Haute-Vienne
proper noun
Haute-Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Haute-Volta
proper noun
Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso: a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984)
Hautefort
proper noun
Hautefort (a town and commune of Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Hautes-Alpes
proper noun
Hautes-Alpes (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Hautes-Pyrénées (a department of Occitania, France)
Hauts-de-France
proper noun
Hauts-de-France (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy)
Hauts-de-Seine
proper noun
Hauts-de-Seine (a department of Île-de-France, France)
Havrais
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the city of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France (usually male)
Havre-Saint-Pierre (a village in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)
Hawaiien
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of Hawaïen
Hawaï
proper noun
Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory); Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania); Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
Hawaïen
noun, masculine
a Hawaiian person
Hayashi
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Haydn
proper noun
a surname from German
Haydée
proper noun
a female given name
Hazanavicius
proper noun
a surname from Lithuanian
Haïdamakha
proper noun
a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Гайдамаха (Hajdamaxa)
Haïdas
proper noun
Haida (people)
Haïti
proper noun
Haiti (a country in the Caribbean)
Haïtien
noun, masculine
a Haitian
Haüy
proper noun
a surname
Hb.
noun, masculine
Ob. (oboe)
Head-Smashed-In
proper noun
Head-Smashed-In; ellipsis of précipice à bisons Head-Smashed-In (“Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”)
Heberden
proper noun
a surname, Heberden, from English
Hector
proper noun
Hector; a male given name from Ancient Greek
Hedjaz
proper noun
Hejaz (a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places); Hejaz (a former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia)
Hellade
proper noun
Ancient Greece
Hellène
noun, masculine/feminine
Greek person, usually referring to Ancient Greek
Hellénistes
proper noun
Hellenists
Helsinki
proper noun
Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland)
Helvète
noun, masculine/feminine
Helvetian (resident or native of Helvetia); Helvetian (a Swiss person)
Helvètes
noun, feminine
plural of Helvète; Helvetii
Helvétie
proper noun
Helvetia (ancient country)
Hendaye
proper noun
Hendaye (a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)
Hennequin
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Henri
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Henry
Henriette
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Henri
Henry
proper noun
a surname originating as a patronymic; a male given name, a less common spelling of Henri
Herbretais
noun, masculine
resident or native of the town of Les Herbiers
Herculanum
proper noun
Herculaneum (a town in Italy)
Hercule
proper noun
Hercules; Hercules (constellation); a male given name
Herisoa
proper noun
a female given name from Malagasy
Hermais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Herm
Hermarque
proper noun
Hermarchus
Hermine
proper noun
a female given name from German
Hermione
proper noun
Hermione
Hermocrate
proper noun
Hermocrates
Hermogène
proper noun
Hermogenes