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hula

Hula is the Hawaiian word for the dance and its chanted songs; missionaries recorded and opposed it in the 1820s, tourism later made it world-famous, and in 1958 an American toy, the hula hoop, carried the name round the world again.

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Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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