hoa

See also: HOA

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: hoe, hoh

Interjection

hoa

1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
   • 1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)

     Hoa, who is within here?

Anagrams

• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hào

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /oa/, [o̞.a]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hoa/, [ɦo̞.a]

Verb

hoa

1. Informal second-person singular (hi) present indicative form of joan.
2. Informal second-person singular (hi) present imperative form of joan.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoa f

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

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Rapa Nui

Noun

hoa

1. friend

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Sotho

Verb

hoa

1. to shout

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Tahitian

Noun

hoa

1. friend
2. headache

References

Sven Wahlroos (2002) English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN p.588

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花. The "capital" sense probably comes from the flourishes of the cursive capital letters that are commonly taught in elementary schools; even cursive lower-case letters don't have as many flourishes, which explains the distinction.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waː˧˧]

Noun

(classifier bông, đoá) hoa

1. a flower

   Synonym: bông

Derived terms

• báo hoa mai
• bó hoa
• đá hoa
• đào hoa (桃花)
• gái bán hoa
• hoa bia
• hoa chúc (花燭)
• hoa có chủ
• hoa giáp (花甲)
• hoa hậu (花后)
• hoa hồng (花紅)
• hoa khôi (花魁)
• hoa kim châm (金針花)
• Hoa Kì (花旗)
• hoa liễu (花柳)
• hoa lơ
• hoa lơ trắng
• hoa màu
• hoa mắt
• hoa mười giờ
• hoa nhài cắm bãi cứt trâu
• hoa quả (花果)
• hoa tai
• hoa tiêu (花椒)
• mai hoa (梅花)
• mỗi cây mỗi hoa, mỗi nhà mỗi cảnh
• nhũ hoa (乳花)
• nước hoa
• pháo hoa (炮花)
• trăng hoa
• vòi hoa sen

 

Adjective

hoa

1. capital, upper case

   Antonym: thường

   • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:

     Ấy là một cuộc tình duyên, với, hơn nữa – theo lối gọi của những ông làm báo – một cuộc tình duyên của Bình dân (chữ B hoa).

     Theirs was a love affair, and what is more – in the words of journalists – a love affair of the People (with a capital P).

Derived terms

• chữ hoa

Noun

hoa

1. (card games) a suit