hiya
/ˈhaɪ(j)ə/
hiya interjection: an informal greeting, hi, hello.
Interjection (1)
- An informal greeting, hi, hello.
- Hiya, love, how's you?
- Synonyms:
- ciao, good morning, good day, good evening, good morrow, greetings, heaveno, hello, hello there, heyday
Interjection (2)
- A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.
hiya meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Odia
hiya in Tamil
- ஹியா
hiya in Bengali
- হিয়া
hiya in Telugu
- హియా
hiya in Odia
- ହିଯ଼ା
Synonyms of hiya
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Forms of hiya
| alternative form | hi-ya |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hia |
| alternative form | hiyah |
| alternative form | heya |
| alternative form | hi-yah |
| alternative form | haiya |
Origin of hiya
Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s.
Onomatopoeic.
Words that rhyme with hiya
Questions about hiya
- What does hiya mean?
- Hiya means an informal greeting, hi, hello.
- What is hiya in Tamil?
- Hiya in Tamil is ஹியா. See Hiya meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hiya?
- Hiya is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce hiya?
- Hiya is pronounced /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/.
Words near hiya in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hiya (page history and authors); hiya (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hiya (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hiya (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hiya (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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