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hula (also hula-hula)

noun a dance performed by Hawaiian women, characterized by six basic steps, undulating hips, and
symbolic gestures.
ORIGIN

C19: Hawaiian.

Huguenot
noun a French Protestant of the 16th17th centuries.
ORIGIN

French, altered (by association with the name of a Geneva burgomaster, Besanon Hugues) of
eiguenot, from Dutch eedgenot, from Swiss German Eidgenoss 'confederate'.

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