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aloha¹

  • /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/ UK
  • /əˈloʊˌhɑ/ US
  • /əˈloʊ.ə/ US

Rhymes with -əʊhɑː, -əʊhə, -əʊə

Where it comes from

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

noun alohas

  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).

interjection

  1. Hawaii Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.

Aloha²

Where it comes from

Most seem to be from Hawaiian aloha (“love”).

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
  2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
  3. A census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon.
  4. An unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, Washington.

ALOHA³

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym, historical Acronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry, a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians.
  2. Internet, historical ALOHAnet (an early computer networking system).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ciao, slotted, hola, aloha state, malihini, ali'i, da kine, auwai, okole, honolulu, kaʻula, hawaii, ʻāina, kohala, 'auhelawa, molokai

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MLA

"aloha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aloha. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

aloha. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aloha

Chicago

"aloha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aloha.

BibTeX
@misc{aloha_2026,
  title = {aloha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aloha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}