/əˈləʊ.(h)ə/, /əˈloʊˌhɑ/, /əˈloʊ.ə/
OriginBorrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
- HawaiiGood 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 kn”
- HawaiiAn utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
- HawaiiExpressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
- US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historicalAcronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry, a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians.
- Internet, historicalALOHAnet (an early computer networking system).
Formsalohas(plural)