# hub
## English
### Etymology

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. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʌb/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Northern England, Ireland) IPA: /hʊb/
* Rhymes: -ʌb

### Noun

hub (plural hubs)
* The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
** 2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice:If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.
* 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.
** 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India's southern tip.
** 2021 May 19, Philip Haigh, “Doncaster enhancements relying on DfT approval”, in RAIL, number 931, page 30:Doncaster is a rail hub in every sense. Passenger lines radiate in six directions, there are freight lines that bypass the station, extensive freight yards, a major works, and a rolling stock depot.
* A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
* (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
* (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
* A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
* (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
    a hub in the road
* (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
** 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog, page 47:In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.
* A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
* A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
* A screw hob.
* A block for scotching a wheel.

#### Synonyms

* (video games): hub world

#### Derived terms

* dehub
* e-hub
* hub-and-spoke
* hubbed
* hubbing
* hub-bub
* hubcap
* hub plank
* hub world
* POGO hub
* the Hub
* up to the hub
* warm hub

#### Translations
### Proper noun

the hub
* Alternative letter-case form of Hub

### Anagrams

* Buh, hbu

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦup]
* Rhymes: -up
* Homophone: hup

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hub f
* genitive plural of houba

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hub f
* genitive plural of huba

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

hub
* second-person singular imperative of hubit

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

### Noun

hub m (invariable)
* hub (transport, computing)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

### Noun

hub m (plural hubs)
* (networking) hub (device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices such as they act as a single network segment)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxab/ [ˈxaβ̞]
** Rhymes: -ab
* IPA: /ˈxob/ [ˈxoβ̞]
** Rhymes: -ob

### Noun

hub m (plural hubs)
* (networking) hub

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Mandarin 壶 (hú) ("pot" or"kettle").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hu˥/

### Noun

hub
* a clay pot or vase, especially as used for storing food or water

### References

* Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)