English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.
  2. A current or former student of Georgetown University.
noun
  1. Any plant of the genus Hoya

Word forms

Hoya Hoyas

Etymology

Derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s.

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