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English
Etymology
From the halo in the team logo.
Noun
Halo (plural Halos)
- (informal) A member of the Angels Major League Baseball team.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin halo, from accusative of Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor with its surrounding threshold; disk of a shield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Halo m (strong, genitive Halos, plural Halos or Halonen or Halogene)
- halo (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)
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Halo m pers (female equivalent Halová)
- a male surname
Further reading
- “Halo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024