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  1. interjection Used to express surprise, wonder, triumph, puzzlement, or pique.
  2. abbreviation hectare
  3. abbreviation Latin hoc anno (this year)

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  1. Also hah; D. G. Swedish Danish F. Spanish Portuguese Italian, etc., ha, Latin ha, a natural utterance, the same as ah (q. v.) with aspiration; its significance depends on the mode of utterance. Repeated, ha ha, ha-ha, Anglo-Saxon D. Swedish OFries., etc., ha ha, Latin ha ha, Greek ἄἀ/, Hindustani hā hā, etc., it usually indicates laughter. Cf. haw.
  2. from ha, interj.
  3. from ha, interj.: cf.haw, v.
 

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