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Mahalo vs Mahala - What's the difference?

mahalo | mahala |

As an interjection mahalo

is thank you.

As a noun mahala is

a neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.

mahalo

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (Hawaiian English) thank you.
  • Usage notes

    The word is widely used in public notices in Hawaii, most visibly on trash cans, leading some to infer the meaning as "trash can".

    References

    * Hawaiian Words, accessed on 2005-05-25 English terms derived from Hawaiian ----

    mahala

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.
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