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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'HALO' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions HALO abbreviation  (parachuting) High Altitude, Low Opening. When you have enough experience, you can do a HALO jump.       halo noun (pl2=haloes) (context, astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs. (context, religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings. the metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surround an idealized entity Translations:  Dutch: (t, nl, aureool, n) French: German: Heiligenschein Italian: nimbo(it)m verb  (transitive) To encircle with a halo. Translations:  Dutch: van een (t, nl, aureool) voorzien(nl) Etymology: From halos, from á (haloos) 'treshing floor, (sun/ ...) disk, halo', itself of unknown origin, one theory being from Persian ÙÙÙ (HAALE) 'Circle around moon is seen at nights due to vapors'.:Used in English since 1563, sense of light around someone's head since 1646        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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