"Hoya" meaning in All languages combined

See Hoya on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Hoyas [plural]
Etymology: Derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hoya (plural Hoyas)
  1. A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States. Categories (topical): College sports
    Sense id: en-Hoya-en-noun-RK0mQe9f Disambiguation of College sports: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 3 52
  2. A current or former student of Georgetown University. Categories (topical): College sports
    Sense id: en-Hoya-en-noun-t61jUjJV Disambiguation of College sports: 54 46

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a Etymology templates: {{der|mul|NL.|-}} New Latin Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Hoya|nogendercat=1}} Hoya f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – hoyas or waxflowers, found in southern Asia, Japan, and Australasia. Wikipedia link: Thomas Hoy Tags: feminine Hyponyms (Hoya sect. Acanthostemma, Hoya sect. Amblyostemm, Hoya sect. Angustialatus, Hoya sect. Angusticarinatae, Hoya sect. Antiostelma, Hoya sect. Centrostemma, Hoya sect. Cystidianthus, Hoya sect. Eriostemma, Hoya sect. Hoya, Hoya sect. Kloiphora, Hoya sect. Latiretinacula, Hoya sect. Oreostemma, Hoya sect. Otostemma, Hoya sect. Pachystelma, Hoya sect. Peltostemma, Hoya sect. Physostemma, Hoya sect. Plocostemma, Hoya sect. Pterostelma - sections): For a list of the c. 565 accepted species see Hoya at Plants of the World Online.
    Sense id: en-Hoya-mul-name-0LjiBS65 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 3 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 2 55 Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I (english: clades), Gentianales (english: order), Apocynaceae (english: family), Asclepiadoideae (english: subfamily), Marsdenieae (english: tribe)

Inflected forms

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