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In some senses, aloha is marked as US, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
aloha
/əˈləʊ.(h)ə/
noun 2name 2intj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
lavish, proper
VERB + ALOHA
called, say, strip, wearing
ALOHA + NOUN
shirt
PREP.
up
Definitions
noun
1
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.
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).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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 kn
Wiktionary02
Is it proper to say "Aloha" when saying goodbye?
Tatoeba · #528879403
Layla worked at a strip joint called Aloha.
Tatoeba · #647257604
An image of a fat American tourist wearing an aloha shirt pops up.
Tatoeba · #6759748Usage Notes
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