English Explanatory Dictionary

aloha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Good wishes, love.
  2. An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
intj
  1. Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
name
  1. Acronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry, a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians.
  2. ALOHAnet (an early computer networking system).

Pronunciation

ə-lō’-(h)ə /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aloha.wav ə-lō’-hä ə-lō’-ə /əˈloʊˌhɑ/ /əˈloʊ.ə/

Word forms

aloha alohas

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.

Derived words

aloha party aloha shirt aloha snackbar Aloha Spirit Aloha State
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