Definition
Headquarters is the main office or center of operations for an organization, company, or military group.
Etymology
From “head,” meaning chief or main, and “quarters,” meaning living or working space. It originally referred to the main location where a military commander stayed.
Kelly Says
The plural form “quarters” stays even when we treat it like a single place—“the headquarters is downtown.” It hints that a HQ is really a collection of rooms and functions acting as one brain for the organization.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መንግሥት ዋና ቦታ
men-gis-t wa-na bo-ta
ARالعربية
المقر الرئيسي
al-ma-qur ar-ra's-i
BNবাংলা
প্রধান কার্যালয়
pro-dhān karya-lay
CSČeština
centrála
cen-tra-la
DADansk
hovedkvarter
ho-ved-kva-r-ter
DEDeutsch
Zentrale
zen-tra-le
ESEspañol
sede central
se-deh sen-tral
FAفارسی
دفتر مرکزی
daft-ar mark-zi
FISuomi
pääkonttori
paa-kon-tor-ri
FRFrançais
siège social
see so-shal
HAHA
gaya shanu
ga-ya sha-nu
HIहिन्दी
मुख्यालय
mukhya-lay
HUMagyar
székhely
shek-hely
IDBahasa Indonesia
kantor pusat
kan-tor pus-at
ITItaliano
sede centrale
se-deh sen-tra-le
KMKM
ផ្ទះ រាជ
p-h-deh rach
MSBahasa Melayu
pejabat pusat
je-a-fat pus-at
MYမြန်မာ
ရုံးခန်း
yoon-khan
NLNederlands
hoofdkantoor
hoof-dkan-toor
NONorsk
hovedkontor
ho-ved-kon-tor
PLPolski
siedziba główna
sied-zi-ba glaw-na
PTPortuguês
sede central
se-deh sen-tral
RORomână
sediul central
se-di-ul sen-tral
RUРусский
штаб-квартира
shtab-kvar-ti-ra
SVSvenska
huvudkontor
hu-vud-kon-tor
SWKiswahili
makao makuu
ma-kao ma-kuu
TAதமிழ்
தலைமை அலுவலகம்
tha-lai-mai alu-va-la-gam
TEతెలుగు
ప్రధాన కార్యాలయం
pra-dha-na ka-arya-layam
THไทย
สำนักงานใหญ่
sam-nak-ngan yai
TLTL
punong tanggapan
pu-non-g tan-ga-po-an
TRTürkçe
şirket merkezi
shir-ket mer-ke-zi
UKУкраїнська
штаб-квартира
shtab-kvar-ti-ra
URاردو
ہیڈ کوارٹر
haed kua-r-tar
VITiếng Việt
trụ sở chính
tru so chinh
ZUZU
isihloko
i-shi-hlo-ko