Added 9 October 2026
hub
/hʌb/ symbol
In Latin: modiolus Wiktionary
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noun
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
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A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Hub.
Origin
From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown. Compare German Hubbel (“bump on a surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hubil (“bump, hill”) (which contains a diminutive suffix *-il); compare English hive, or perhaps ultimately from the same root as hip or hop.
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