Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Hawaii)Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.

    When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.

  2. (Hawaii)An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).

More definitions
  • an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Layla worked at a strip joint called Aloha.

    ruЛейла работала в стриптиз-клубе под названием "Алоха". — odexed

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  2. Is it proper to say "Aloha" when saying goodbye?

    deIst es richtig, sich mit „Aloha!“ zu verabschieden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. An image of a fat American tourist wearing an aloha shirt pops up.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: alohas
Singularaloha
Pluralalohas

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian):ciao

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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