Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Saudi Arabian unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the riyal.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic halala; see hll in Semitic roots.]

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Examples

  • "In the end, we must be able to say 'halala Sawen halala' because Mary has succeeded, Mmathabo has succeeded," Mbeki said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Letter from the President: Halala Freedom Day, halala!

    ANC Today 2005

  • Letter from the President: Wathint 'abafazi: halala Wangari Maathai!

    ANC Today 2004

  • * Letter from the President: Wathint 'abafazi: halala Wangari Maathai!

    ANC Today 2004

  • Sithi halala Bhungane, uthuthuke njalo ukhuphule umnotho wezwe lakithi.

    Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma, at the launch of the Smme Tyre, KwaZulu-Natal, International Convention Centre, Durban 2004

  • Sabah had gone to the HC to challenge the family court order, which had dismissed her divorce petition on the basis of Adnan†™ s allegation that she ought to have done halala and hence their second marriage to each other was not legal.

    The Times of India 2010

  • Sabah had gone to the HC to challenge the family court order, which had dismissed her divorce petition on the basis of Adnan†™ s allegation that she ought to have done halala and hence their second marriage to each other was not legal.

    The Times of India 2010

  • But with things not reaching close to any understanding, the couple and their lawyers, advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and Mrinalini Deshmukh for Sabah and advocate Vibhav Krishna for Adnan, will now be arguing out the matter over whether the singer was right in alleging that his wife had to perform halala or not.

    The Times of India 2010

  • But with things not reaching close to any understanding, the couple and their lawyers, advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and Mrinalini Deshmukh for Sabah and advocate Vibhav Krishna for Adnan, will now be arguing out the matter over whether the singer was right in alleging that his wife had to perform halala or not.

    The Times of India 2010

  • Seolah-olah, jika selama Semoga Allah melimpahkan keberkahan-Nya kepada saudara bes Pol Drs Imam Margono mengakui pembunuhan itu di - sebelumnya Yunan alias Ajin, halala yang berarti menyelesaikan persoalan Ramadhan kita memperbaiki dan memperba - dan kita semua.

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