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land ho

land ho interjection: shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.

Interjection

  1. Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.
    Synonyms:
    land ahoy

Synonyms of land ho

Questions about land ho

What does land ho mean?
Land ho means shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.
What part of speech is land ho?
Land ho is an interjection.

Words near land ho in the dictionary

  1. land guard
  2. land guards
  3. land gull
  4. land gulls
  5. Land Hemisphere
  6. land ho
  7. land in someone's lap
  8. land ironclad
  9. land ironclads
  10. land legs
  11. land line

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