aloha
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/əˈləʊ.(h)ə/(UK)
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/əˈləʊ.(h)ə/(UK) · /əˈloʊˌhɑ/(US) · /əˈloʊ.ə/(US)
Definition of aloha
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Hawaii)Good wishes, love.
“Traveling as the princess regent with a retinue that included Princess Ruth and Queen Kapi‘olani, Lili‘u was welcomed by enormous crowds and lavish outpourings of aloha, as her subjects clasped her knees and kissed her hands and feet to show their reverence.”
“Uncle Onio exemplifies aloha by sharing his broad knowledge of Hawaiian culture and weaving techniques.”
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noun
-
(Hawaii)Good wishes, love.
“Traveling as the princess regent with a retinue that included Princess Ruth and Queen Kapi‘olani, Lili‘u was welcomed by enormous crowds and lavish outpourings of aloha, as her subjects clasped her knees and kissed her hands and feet to show their reverence.”
“Uncle Onio exemplifies aloha by sharing his broad knowledge of Hawaiian culture and weaving techniques.”
- (Hawaii)An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
intj
- (Hawaii)Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
name
- (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical)Acronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry, a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians.
- (Internet, historical)ALOHAnet (an early computer networking system).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
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15 playable · top: HALO (7 pts)
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