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Origin of ha

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ha-ha¹

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Origin of ḥā

From Arabic

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Origin of hā

From Arabic

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Origin of h.a.

(def 2) < Latin hōc annō

Example sentences from the Web for ha

• I lay there and thrashed about and all I could hear was my father and ‘ha, ha, ha’.

  Kate and William’s Royal Family Values |Tom Sykes |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• Is Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (which won the Mann Booker Prize in 1993) the only one of your novels that stands on its own?

  The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature |Allen Barra |March 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• How can she wax poetically about soiling herself at parties and not get branded as sleazy trash, a la Ke$ha?

  How Jennifer Lawrence Took Over Hollywood. (It’s Not Just Because of Her Charm.) |Kevin Fallon |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

• On the other hand, it is annoying—after having predicted everything accurately—to hear “Ha ha yah boo!”

  Getting It Right on Obamacare |David Frum |October 31, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

• I think seeing Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People was one of the first times I said, “A ha!”

  Billy Bob Thornton’s Favorite (Dysfunctional) Family Films |Billy Bob Thornton |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

• It's a week since they started from the mine, and you'd ha' thought they'd be here now.

  The Gully of Bluemansdyke |A. Conan Doyle

• My mother was fond of 'Mary of Argyle'; used to sing it when I was a lad,—hum, ha!

  Hildegarde's Harvest |Laura E. Richards

• Ha, for a divine and princely habitation, commend me to the cows' floor.

  Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois Rabelais

• An' Jim had used 'em so many years, he'd ha' missed 'em if they'd been took away.

  Meadow Grass |Alice Brown

• That'll do, zur; 'ee toald I to carl 'ee, and I hope I ha' carld 'ee properly.

  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various

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Word Origin for h.a.

Latin: in this year

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