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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

hoá

hoá

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Noun

hoá

  1. merchandise, goods
Derived terms
  • tạp hoá

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 化

Verb

hoá

  1. to become, to change, to transform, to get, to grow, to be transformed into
Derived terms

Particle

hoá

  1. -ize, -ise
    chuẩn hoá
    to standardize
    Việt hoá
    to Vietnamize
    Latinh hoá
    to romanize

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貨

Pronunciation

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