hallo

Also hal·loa
Or hul·lo

[huh-loh]

interjection

1. (used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)

noun

plural

hallos 

1. the cry “hallo!”

2. a shout of exultation.

verb (used without object)

halloed, halloing 

1. to call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after hunting dogs.

verb (used with object)

halloed, halloing 

1. to incite or chase (something) with shouts and cries of “hallo!”

2. to cry “hallo” to (someone).

3. to shout (something).

hallo

/ həˈləʊ /

1. a variant spelling of hello

1. a variant spelling of halloo

Word History and Origins

Origin of hallo¹

First recorded in 1560–70; variant of hollo, itself variant of earlier holla, from Middle French hola, equivalent to ho “ahoy” + la “there”

Example Sentences

As frustration grew in Eritrea, Isaias retreated from Asmara in 2014 to his home that overlooks the Adi Hallo dam whose construction he closely supervised.

From BBC

Patrolling the beach on Alaska’s remote Katmai coast, the white wolf came to the mouth of a creek, where freshwater fed into the salty Hallo Bay.

From National Geographic

More than 80,000 people descended last weekend on Bucharest’s Insula Ingerilor, or Angels’ Island peninsula, for the three-day West Side Hallo Fest, the largest Halloween festival in the Eastern European nation since the fall of communism.

From Seattle Times

Un estudio de la percepción del tiempo realizado durante el primer año de confinamiento en el Reino Unido halló que el 80 por ciento de los participantes reportaron percibir distorsiones en el tiempo, en distintas direcciones.

From New York Times

Hallo, I’ll be following events at Cop26 for the next couple of hours.

From The Guardian