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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoa

{

Ho

,

Hoa

}
,
Noun.
[See
Ho
,
int
erj.
, 2.]
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
{

Ho

,

Hoa

}
(hō)
,
int
erj.
[Cf. F. & G.
ho
.]
1.
Halloo! attend! – a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
“What noise there, ho?”
Shak.
“
Ho
! who’s within?”
Shak.
2.
[Perhaps corrupted fr.
hold
; but cf. F.
hau
stop! and E.
whoa
.]
Stop! stand still! hold! – a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
[Written also
whoa
, and, formerly,
hoo
.]
The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “
Hoo
!”
Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an
hoo
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hoa

HOA

, exclam. [L. eho.] A call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
What noise there, ho?
Hoa, who's within?

Definition 2024

Hoa

Hoa

See also: hoa, hoá, hóa, hoà, Hoà, hòa, Hòa, hoả, hỏa, hoạ, and họa

Vietnamese

Proper noun

Hoa

  1. A female given name

Anagrams

hoa

hoa

English

Interjection

hoa

  1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoa f

  1. singular definite of ho
  2. singular definite of hoe

Rapa Nui

Noun

hoa

  1. friend

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier bông, đoá) hoa

  1. a flower

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

hoa

  1. (card games) a suit

See also

Suits in Vietnamese · hoa, chất (layout · text)
cơ rô pích nhép, chuồn

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花

Pronunciation

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