Aloha

//əˈloʊˌhɑ// intj, name, noun

intj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Good wishes, love. Hawaii

    "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. 2
    an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) wordnet
  3. 3
    An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below). Hawaii
Intj
  1. 1
    Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye. Hawaii
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry, a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
  2. 2
    ALOHAnet (an early computer networking system). Internet, historical

Synonyms

All synonyms
adieuadieuadiosalrightau revoirciao

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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