holla

[hol-uh]

interjection

(used as an informal greeting.)

(an informal exclamation of enthusiasm, joy, etc.)

(used especially during a hunt) hallo.

Obsolete. cease! halt!

Also hol·lo [hol-oh] /ˈhɒl oʊ/.

Origin of holla

1500–50; < Middle French hola, equivalent to ho ‘ahoy’ + la ‘there’

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Historical Examples of holla

At the moment I thought I heard a holla, but I could not be sure.
Tom Cringle's Log
Michael Scott
Here, Tommy, catch hold of him t'other side before he can holla.
Tom Brown's School Days
Thomas Hughes
Cry ‘holla’ to thy tongue, I prithee; it curvets unseasonably.
The Missourian
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
They drew up in response to Gabriel's holla, and he climbed into the waggon.
Gabriel Tolliver
Joel Chandler Harris
I do not include Mrs. Morritt and you, because we are much nearer neighbors, and within a whoop and a holla in comparison.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
John Gibson Lockhart

Word Origin and History for holla

as a command to "stop, cease," 1520s, from French holà (15c.). As a command to get attention, from 1580s. As an urban slang form of holler (v.) and meaning "greet, shout out to," it was in use by 2003.