"hula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhuːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhulə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hula.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hulas [plural]
enPR: ho͞oʹlə Rhymes: -uːlə Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian hula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|hula}} Hawaiian hula Head templates: {{en-noun}} hula (plural hulas)
  1. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. Categories (topical): Dances Derived forms: horizontal hula, hula hoop, hula skirt Translations (Hawaiian chant and dance): هُولَا (hūlā) (Arabic), 草裙舞 (cǎoqúnwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 呼拉圈舞 (hūlā quānwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hula (Hawaiian), हुला (hulā) (Hindi), フラ (fura) (Japanese), 훌라 (hulla) (Korean), hurahura (Maori), हुला (hulā) (Marathi), ху́ла (xúla) [feminine] (Russian), ہلا (hulā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-hula-en-noun-M767VFTA Disambiguation of Dances: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hula-hula, hula hula, hura [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈhuːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhulə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hula.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hulas [present, singular, third-person], hulaing [participle, present], hulaed [participle, past], hulaed [past]
enPR: ho͞oʹlə Rhymes: -uːlə Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian hula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|hula}} Hawaiian hula Head templates: {{en-verb}} hula (third-person singular simple present hulas, present participle hulaing, simple past and past participle hulaed)
  1. (intransitive) To dance the hula. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hula-en-verb-fqwhhM65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hula-hula, hula hula, hura [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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