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Meaning of "halloa" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALLOA

halloa  [həˈləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALLOA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halloa is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALLOA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

halloa

Hello

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1860s.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALLOA


alow
əˈləʊ
below
bɪˈləʊ
blow
bləʊ
fellow
ˈfɛləʊ
flow
fləʊ
follow
ˈfɒləʊ
hallo
həˈləʊ
hello
hɛˈləʊ
hereinbelow
ˌhɪərɪnbɪˈləʊ
holloa
həˈləʊ
hollow
ˈhɒləʊ
hullo
hʌˈləʊ
Jolo
həʊˈləʊ
lo
ləʊ
low
ləʊ
Oslo
ˈɒzləʊ
overflow
ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ
polo
ˈpəʊləʊ
ultralow
ˌʌltrəˈləʊ
Yung-lo
ˈjʊŋˈləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALLOA

hallelujah
Haller
Halley
Halley´s Comet
halliard
halling
hallion
hallmark
hallo
halloo
hallot
halloumi
hallow
hallowed
hallowedness
Halloween
hallower
Hallowmas
Hallowmass
halloysite

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALLOA

Alloa
American Samoa
Aotearoa
balboa
boa
cocoa
genoa
goa
keitloa
koa
Lisboa
Mauna Loa
moa
Pessoa
poa
quinoa
Samoa
Sinaloa
Western Samoa
whoa

Synonyms and antonyms of halloa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «halloa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALLOA

Find out the translation of halloa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of halloa from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halloa» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

halloa
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

halloa
570 millions of speakers

English

halloa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

halloa
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

halloa
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

halloa
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

halloa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

halloa
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Holà
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halloa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halloa
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

halloa
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

halloa
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aula
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

halloa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

halloa
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होलोआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halloa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

halloa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

halloa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

halloa
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

halloa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

HALLOA
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

halloa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halloa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halloa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halloa

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALLOA»

The term «halloa» is normally little used and occupies the 115.196 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALLOA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «halloa» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «halloa» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halloa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALLOA»

Discover the use of halloa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halloa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
(halloa, and mor- phe, form, Gr.) A genus of Lepidopterous insects : Family, Nocturna. Calling, kawl'ling, a. Vocation; profession; trade; station; employment; class of persons united by the same employment or profession; divine summons,  ...
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1848
2
Works
The very man was here to-night," thought the locksmith, changing colour. "What dark history is this ! " "Halloa!" cried a hoarse voice in his ear. "Halloa, halloa, halloa! Bow wow wow. What 's the matter here! Halloa!" The speaker — who made ...
Charles Dickens, 1846
3
Oeuvres de Charles Dickens
Halloa!lui cria auxoreilles une voix rauque. Halloa, halloa, halloa! Coa, coa, coa. Qu'estce que c'est que ça!Halloa! » L'interlocuteur quifit tressaillir leserrurier, commesic'eût étéquelque être surnaturel, était un grand corbeau qui s'était perché ...
Charles Dickens
4
Barnaby Rudge (Illustrated And Annotated Edition):
'Halloa!' criedahoarse voice inhis ear. 'Halloa, halloa, halloa!Bowwow wow. What's the matter here! Halloa!' The speaker—who made the locksmith start as if he had been some supernatural agent—was a large raven, who had perched upon ...
Charles Dickens, 2014
5
Barnaby Rudge
'Halloa!' crieda hoarse voice in his ear.'Halloa, halloa, halloa! Bow wow wow. What's the matter here! Halloa!' The speaker—who made the locksmithstartas ifhehad been some supernatural agent—was alarge raven,whohad perched upon the ...
Charles Dickens, 2007
6
Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty:
'Halloa!' crieda hoarse voice in hisear. 'Halloa, halloa, halloa! Bow wowwow. What's thematter here! Halloa!' The speaker—who made the locksmith start as ifhe had been some supernatural agent—was alarge raven, who had perched upon ...
Charles Dickens, 2014
7
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty
'V hat dark history is this i " “ Halloa ! " cried a hoarse voice in his ear. " Halloa, halloa, halloa ! Bow wow wow. What's the matter here ! Hal-loa ! " The speaker— who made the locksmith start, as if he had been some supernatural agent—was a  ...
Charles Dickens, 1841
8
Master Humphrey's Clock
Halloa ! " cried a hoarse voice in his ear. " Halloa, halloa, halloa ! Bow wow wow. What's the matter here ! Hal-loa ! " The speaker — who made the locksmith start, as if he had been some supernatural agent — was a large raven ; who had ...
Charles Dickens, 1841
9
The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts ...
Halloa ! » cried a hoarse voice in his car. « Halloa, halloa, halloa! Bow wow wow. What's the matter here! Hal-loa! » The speaker — who made the locksmith start, as if he had been some supernatural agent — was a large raven ; who had ...
‎1842
10
The Novels and Tales of Charles Dickens, (Boz.).
Halloa !" cried a hoarse voice in his ear. " Halloa, halloa, halloa ! Bow wow wow. What's the matter here t Hal-loa!" The speaker — who made the locksmith start, as if he had been some supernatural agent — was a large raven ; who had ...
Charles Dickens, 1849

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALLOA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halloa is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hearing voices allowed Charles Dickens to create extraordinary …
... his 1866 Christmas story The Signal-Man, which begins with the sudden intrusion of an unidentified voice bellowing "Halloa!" out of nowhere. «The Guardian, Aug 14»
2
Thorny problems: how to get rid of lily beetles
... cleaner into play – the sort usually used to suck the dust out of computer keyboards and suchlike (hers is made by Halloa – you can find them ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
3
The first sign of spring
Halloa! Up ahead, on loose gravel, inches from where I expect, sits a male. With 3-inch wing span, powder-blue spots and golden trim, the ... «Boston Globe, Mar 14»
4
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I gave a view halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the ... «NPR, Feb 14»
5
Here is My Hand
with a “Halloa! Below there!” The narrator is a traveler having what seems like a dolorous vacation. He beds at a country inn, and cuts across a ... «The Smart Set, Dec 13»
6
Amid the greens
Halloa! You there!! In Charles Dickens' short story The Signalman published in 1866, the railway cutting (a rock side cut to make a railway ... «The New Indian Express, Nov 13»
7
Geyser murders, part 3
“We heard the strike every time and heard the 'halloa!' right after.” #There were between “five and ten strikes,” but she couldn't tell if they came ... «San Diego Reader, Nov 13»
8
Book of a lifetime: Ghost Stories, By Charles Dickens
Perhaps the best known of his short ghost stories, this is an unsettling piece that starts with a great cry – "Halloa! Below there!" – and recounts a ... «The Independent, May 13»
9
3 Nerdy Jurassic Park Footnotes Before You Head Off to See the T …
Halloa! that's not your pipe on the table! He must have left his behind him. A nice old briar, with a good long stem of what the tobacconists call ... «Grantland, Apr 13»
10
Charles Dickens bicentennial, and his link to Poe
... slightly agitated, but he soon recovered, walked twice or thrice along the coach house, stopped to bark, staggered, exclaimed “Halloa old girl! «Washington Post, Jan 12»

REFERENCE
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