Aloha, Washington Aloha, Washington Aloha is an unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located two miles east of the Pacific Ocean at Beaver Creek in west central Grays Harbor County. The community was named after the Hawaiian-language word "aloha". The name may have been inspired by the song "Aloha ʻOe". Aloha was once home to Aloha Mill & Lumber Company. It was founded by R. D. Emerson and W. H. Dole in 1905. The name, a Hawaiian greeting, was chosen by members of the Dole family, who were landowners and business people in Hawaii.
How (greeting) How (greeting) The word "How" or "Howgh" is a word used as a greeting, or particle in the sense of "I have spoken", in some Native American languages, and in their popular representations. It is a part of popular depictions of Native Americans in various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May. The "Oxford English Dictionary" (OED) uses [] ("how") for the spelling, and claims Jean de Brébeuf had described the use of the term as an interjection of approval with the Wyandot (Hurons). De Brébeuf described individual speakers using "Condayauendi Ierhayde cha nonhwicwahachen" to signify the