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хула́ — meaning in English

khula

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English meaning

  • defamation noun The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements, spoken or written.
  • denigration noun The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
  • hula noun A traditional Hawaiian dance performed with rhythmic hip movements, often accompanied by chanting or song.

Senses

хула́ is used for these senses in English:

  • defamation The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
  • denigration The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
  • hula A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.

denigration — full definition

  1. noun The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
  2. noun An unfair criticism.

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