Mahalo
[mə-HA-loh]
Part of speech: exclamation
Origin: Hawaiian, 19th century
1.
(Mainly in Hawaii) Used to express gratitude.
Examples of Mahalo in a sentence
"I said ‘mahalo’ to the woman who handed me a lei."
"It's easy to express mahalo at the beauty of the sunrise on our vacation."
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