Aloha, Louisiana

Aloha is an unincorporated community in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]

History

The community was named after the Hawaiian greeting and parting phrase aloha.[2] The name was likely inspired by the song "Aloha ʻOe".[3]

gollark: It has GRADIENTS in it, and CORNERS which are not SQUARE.
gollark: Æ oh beeoids oh cryoapiocuboids.
gollark: ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆa rounded corners and excessive whitespace
gollark: (Even though they only know a technology you can't really use?)
gollark: You're *hiring* people for *money*?

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aloha, Louisiana
  2. Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. Hook, J. N. (10 June 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.



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