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aloha

[uh-loh-uh, ah-loh-hah] / əˈloʊ ə, ɑˈloʊ hɑ /


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Mainlanders have long shopped for vacation staples at the chain’s tropical warehouses, where the aloha shirts and macadamia nuts had them dreaming of what treasures lay abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

People in Hawaii have a variety of shaka styles and use it to convey a range of warmhearted sentiments, from hi and bye to thanks and aloha, among other meanings.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

Big Island state Rep. Jeanné Kapela, one of the House bill’s co-sponsors, said residents are “so lucky to have a visual signal for sharing aloha with each other.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

Most tourists, Tadena said, had been kind — and she, in turn, was not holding back her aloha, a value she embraced after moving to Hawaii in 1989.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2023

“G’day, Clara, aloha kakahiaka,” he says as I take my seat.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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