aloha
Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affectionGood wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.
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» Layla worked at a strip joint called Aloha.
Лейла работала в стриптиз-клубе под названием "Алоха". — odexed
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2 senses(Hawaii)Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.
When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.
(Hawaii)An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
- an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
Examples
3 sentencesLayla worked at a strip joint called Aloha.
ruЛейла работала в стриптиз-клубе под названием "Алоха". — odexed
Is it proper to say "Aloha" when saying goodbye?
deIst es richtig, sich mit „Aloha!“ zu verabschieden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
An image of a fat American tourist wearing an aloha shirt pops up.
Origin
Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha andBorrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
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Forms
plural: alohasSynonyms
1 synonyms- an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian):ciao
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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