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Hua

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "Amid a severe labor shortage, companies have boosted wages to try to attract and retain workers, driving the average annual salary to an eight-year high in 2023, said Stanley Hua (花梓馨), general manager of 104 Human Resource Institute, at a news conference, citing the results of a Taiwan salary trends survey. However, amid an economic slowdown, the figure represents only a 2.5 percent increase from a year ago, lower than the 3.1 percent year-on-year hike recorded last year, Hua said."

  2. 2
    A county of Anyang, Henan, China.

    "Some forty-five li south of Qian Kou is the market town of Bai Dao Kou. Fifteen li to the west is Dao Kou town, the capital of Hua County, Henan Province."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hooer. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    abbreviation of the phrase Upoko kōhua, a highly offensive term, shortened to ‘hua abbreviation, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of hooer. Sometimes erroneously thought to be borrowed from Maori.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 花 (Huā) or Mandarin 華 /华 (Huà), which are likely cognate.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 滑 (Huá).

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