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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Examples from the Web for hollo

Historical Examples of hollo

The sound which elicited this exclamation was a loud "Hollo!"
The Young Miner
Horatio Alger, Jr.
"I can't hear a word, when you hollo in that way, not a word," said Mrs. Leake.
The Bertrams
Anthony Trollope
Hollo, if Percy has not taken the monkey himself; that's a pass beyond me.
Heartsease
Charlotte M. Yonge
“Hollo, Sam,” said Mr Tankardew again, in a more subdued voice.
Nearly Lost but Dearly Won
Theodore P. Wilson
I thought Guy did not half like it the other day, when he rode up with his "Hollo, Morville!"
The Heir of Redclyffe
Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for hollo

hollo

holla (ˈhɒlə) or holloa (həˈləʊ)

noun plural -los, -las or -loas (-ˈləʊz)

a cry for attention, or of encouragement

interjection

a cry for attention, or of encouragement

verb

(intr) to shout

Word Origin for hollo

C16: from French holà ho there!

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Word Origin and History for hollo

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.