olé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Spanish olé.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Interjection
olé
- An expression of excitement. Hooray!
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
It has been suggested that it comes from an Arabic invocation of Allah, or the oath والله (w-állah), “by Allah!”. However, there is disagreement about this hypothesis[1][2].
[edit] Interjection
olé
- An expression of encouragement and approval
[edit] References
- ^ Alan S. Kaye, Two Alleged Arabic Etymologies, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Volume 64, Number 2 (2005)
- ^ http://alexsteer.net/posts/2009/11/ole-allah-and-all/
