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ha

   [hah]
interjection
(used as an exclamation of surprise, interrogation, suspicion, triumph, etc.)
Also, hah.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see ha-ha1

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hā

   [hah]
noun
the 26th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a glottal spirant consonant sound.
Origin:
< Arabic

ḥā

   [khah]
noun
the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a pharyngeal spirant consonant.
Origin:
< Arabic

Ha

 
Symbol, Chemistry.
hahnium.

ha

 
hectare; hectares.

h.a.

 
1.
Gunnery. high angle.
2.
in this year.
Origin:
(def. 2) < Latin hōc annō
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World English Dictionary
ha or hah1 (hɑː)
 
—interj
1.  an exclamation expressing derision, triumph, surprise, etc, according to the intonation of the speaker
2.  (reiterated) a representation of the sound of laughter
 
hah or hah1
 
—interj

ha2
 
—symbol for
hectare

Ha
 
—abbreviation for
Hawaii

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Word Origin & History

ha
c.1300, natural expression found in most European languages; in O.E., Gk., L., O.Fr. as ha ha. A ha-ha (1712), from Fr., was "an obstacle interrupting one's way sharply and disagreeably;" so called because it "surprizes ... and makes one cry Ah! Ah!" ["Le Blond's Gardening," 1712].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
ha

  1. Hausa

  2. hectare

  3. hour angle

HA

  1. headache

  2. Hydrocephalus Association

  3. hyperalimentation

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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Ha

a Bantu-speaking people belonging to the Interlacustrine Bantu ethnolinguistic family who live in western Tanzania bordering on Lake Tanganyika. Their country, which they call Buha, comprises grasslands and open woodlands. Agriculture is their primary economic activity. Sorghum, millet, corn (maize), cassava, yams, peanuts (groundnuts), and other crops were cultivated by hoe techniques until efforts were made by the Tanzanian government to introduce plow agriculture. Cattle are raised mostly in the southwestern grasslands of Buha; elsewhere there is less water and problems with tsetse flies. For the Ha, as with a number of peoples of East Africa, cattle are vital as the gifts that help establish social ties at marriage or on other occasions. Goats and other livestock are also raised

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