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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowlnoun

    a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

    "his bellow filled the hallway"

Wiktionary

  1. hollaverb

    To shout out or greet casually.

  2. hollainterjection

    A general what's up statement.

  3. Etymology: From holler

Webster Dictionary

  1. Holla

    hollo

  2. Hollaverb

    see Hollo, v. i

  3. Etymology: [F. hola; ho ho + l there, fr. L. illac that way, there. Cf. Hollo.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Holla

    hol′a, Hollo, Holloa, hol′ō, or hol-lō′, interj. ho, there! attend! (naut.) the usual response to 'Ahoy!'—n. a loud shout.—v.i. to cry loudly to one at a distance. [Fr. holà—ho and là—L. illac, there; the other forms are due to confusion with halloo.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. holla

    An answer to any person calling from a distance, to show they hear. Thus, if the master intends to give any order to the people in the main-top, he previously calls, "Main-top, hoay." It is also the first answer received when hailing a ship. (See HAILING and HOAY.)

Rap Dictionary

  1. hollanoun

    See holler.

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  1. Hallo

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of holla in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of holla in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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