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What Does Hooray Mean?

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    Hooray is a shout of joy, victory or enthusiasm. It is written in its various forms such as hurrah, hurray, hoorah or hooray. It basically refers to a shout that exclaims victory. It is believed to have come from the German word "hurra".

    Hooray is supposed to be a form of the word hurrah which is a shout used to exclaim approval, victory, elevation and pleasure. It means a shout of hurrah and represents fanfare and excitement.

    If a person were to suggest cheering somebody on it would imply shouting hooray for them. As in coach: "three cheers for our football team, hip hip", fans "hooray".

    Hooray in Dutch would be "hoera", in French it would be "hourra" in German "Hurra", and in Italian "urra".
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