headquarters

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtəz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɛdˌkwɔɹtəz/

Noun

headquarters (plural headquarters)

1. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
2. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

3. A place of concentrated activity or influence.

Synonyms

• HQ, h.q.
• head office

Related terms

• (US) headquarter

Translations

the military installation

• Catalan: quarter general (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大本營 (cmn), 大本营 (cmn) (dàběnyíng), 指揮部 (cmn), 指挥部 (cmn) (zhǐhuībù), 司令部 (cmn) (sīlìngbù)

• Czech: velitelství (cs) n, štáb (cs) m
• Esperanto: stabejo (eo)
• Finnish: päämaja (fi), pääesikunta (fi)
• French: quartier général (fr) m
• German: Hauptquartier (de) n
• Greek: αρχηγείο (el) (archigeío) n, επιτελείο (el) (epiteleío) n
• Hebrew: מִפְקָדָה (he) (mifkada) f
• Italian: quartier generale (it) m

• Japanese: 司令部 (ja) (しれいぶ, shireibu)
• Khmer: ទីបញ្ជាការ (km) (tii bɑɲcie kaa)
• Korean: 본부 (ko) (bonbu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باره‌گا

• Latin: praetōrium (la) n
• Portuguese: quartel general (pt)
• Russian: штаб (ru) (štab) m, штаб-квартира (ru) (štab-kvartíra) f
• Spanish: cuartel general (es) m
• Vietnamese: tổng hành dinh (vi)

center of organisation's activity

• Catalan: central (ca) m, seu (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總部 (cmn), 总部 (cmn) (zǒngbù)

• Czech: centrála (cs) f
• Dutch: hoofdkwartier (nl) n
• Esperanto: sidejo (eo)
• Finnish: pääkonttori, keskustoimisto
• French: siège social (fr) m
• German: Zentrale (de) f

• Greek: έδρα (el) (édra) f
• Japanese: 本部 (ja) (ほんぶ, honbu), 本社 (ja) (ほんしゃ, honsha)
• Khmer: ទីបញ្ជាការ (km) (tii bɑɲcie kaa)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باره‌گا

• Manx: ard-oik (gv) m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sede (es) f
• Vietnamese: trụ sở (vi)

a place

• Finnish: keskuspaikka (fi)

• Vietnamese: trung tâm (vi)