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[hah] 
| (used as an exclamation of surprise, interrogation, suspicion, triumph, etc.) |
hā
[hah] | the 26th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a glottal spirant consonant sound. |
< Ar
ḥā
[khah] | the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a pharyngeal spirant consonant. |
< Ar
Ha
| hahnium. |
ha
| hectare; hectares. |
h.a.
| 1. | Gunnery. high angle. |
| 2. | in this year. |
(def. 2) < L hōc annō
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| ha 1 also hah (hä) interj. Used to express surprise, wonder, triumph, puzzlement, or pique. |
| ha 2 abbr.
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| hah·ni·um (hä'nē-əm) n. Symbol Ha The name formerly used for dubnium. Also called unnilpentium. [After Otto Hahn.] |
| hec·tare (hěk'târ') n. Abbr. ha A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres). See Table at measurement. |
| hour angle n. Abbr. ha The angular distance, measured westward along the celestial equator, between the celestial meridian of the observer and the hour circle passing through a celestial body. |
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Ha\ (h[add]), interj. [AS.] An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so." Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. --Carlyle.Cite This Source
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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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