"ohana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈhɑːnə/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ohana.wav Forms: ohanas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”). Etymology templates: {{refn|From the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, University of Southern California Libraries, Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library, Los Angeles, California, USA.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{bor|en|haw|ʻohana||family, kin}} Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ohana (plural ohanas)
  1. (chiefly Hawaii) An extended Hawaiian family unit. Wikipedia link: University of Southern California Libraries Tags: Hawaii Categories (topical): Family Categories (place): Hawaii, USA Synonyms: ʻohana, 'ohana [misspelling] Translations (extended Hawaiian family unit): أُوهَانَا (ʔūhānā) [feminine] (Arabic), ohana [feminine] (Galician), ოხანა (oxana) (Georgian), Ohana [feminine] (German), ʻohana (Hawaiian), אוֹחַנַה (ʾōḥanah) [feminine] (Hebrew), オハナ (ohana) (Japanese), 오하나 (ohana) (Korean), оха́на (oxána) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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