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Haight
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English
Etymology
From en ang hēahþu height, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill. Compare en Hight.
Pronunciation
en /heɪt/
en eɪt 1
en hate
Proper noun
~ s
en Old English.
en locality co/Beaver County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en twp co/Ontonagon County s/Michigan c/USA.
A street in San Francisco named after California pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight; a 1960s rallying point for drug culture, especially LSD (hallucinogenic acid).
en with the en Haight-Ashbury
en w:San Francisco Chronicle This neighborhood has San Francisco’s oldest housing September 12 2026 Danielle Echeverria https://web.archive.org/web/20260913013414/https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/haight-ashbury-home-san-francisco-22424412.php Nearly all of the iconic buildings in Haight-Ashbury were built years before 1940. Still, the Haight isn’t home to the oldest individual buildings in the city.
Related terms
en Haight-Ashbury
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Haight is the 5062nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6929 individuals. Haight is most common among White (92.64%) individuals.
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