Hoya

hoya Translingual thumb|Hoya carnosa Etymology mul la-new -, after Thomas Hoy + la -a Proper noun 1 f genus family Apocynaceae hoyas or waxflowers, found in southern Asia, Japan, and Australasia Hypernyms genus ; Asclepiadoideae subfamily - subfamily; Marsdenieae tribe - tribe Hyponyms genus Hoya carnosa species (porcelainflower, wax plant) - type species Hoya sect. Acanthostemma section, Hoya sect. Amblyostemm section, Hoya sect. Angustialatus section, Hoya sect. Angusticarinatae section, Hoya sect. Antiostelma section, Hoya sect. Centrostemma section, Hoya sect. Cystidianthus section, Hoya sect. Eriostemma section, Hoya sect. Hoya section, Hoya sect. Kloiphora section, Hoya sect. Latiretinacula section, Hoya sect. Oreostemma section, Hoya sect. Otostemma section, Hoya sect. Pachystelma section, Hoya sect. Peltostemma section, Hoya sect. Physostemma section, Hoya sect. Plocostemma section, Hoya sect. Pterostelma section - sections For a list of the c. 565 accepted species see 60437256-2. References Hoya (plant) 1 1 60437256-2 30358 52831 70994 HOYA mul taxonomic eponyms mul Dogbane family plants English Etymology Derived from the code switched Greek and Latin phrasal chant Hoya Saxa "Hoya Saxa!" (meaning "What (great) Rocks!"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. Even though "Hoya Saxa!" is an example of code-switching, since the phrase includes only a Greek adjective and a Latin noun, said adjective must be viewed as modifying the noun, which noun then controls the phrase as pertains to grammatical number and gender. Saxa, the phrasal noun, is the nominative plural form of the Latin neuter noun saxum, "(a) stone/(a) rock", and so means "stones"/"rocks"". Hoya in the phrase is an English transliteration of the Greek determiner οἵα (hoîă), the neuter nominative plural form of οἷος (hoîos), which introduces exclamatory independent phrases and is translated into English as "what (great)...!" Because of the foregoing, we can discern that the phrase "Hoya Saxa!" in its entirety means "What (great) rocks!" The chant was initially used in support of the college athletic teams, assumedly meaning something along the lines of "Look how hard and tough our (athletic) fellows are!" The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s as a term decontextualized from the phrasal chant and applied as an identifier of Georgetown University students and alumni, who were thenceforth collectively known as "Hoyas". Compare Hokie. Noun A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States. en Georgetown point guard Markel Starks sticks to his plans as Hoyas take on No. 18 Kansas The Washington Post 20 December 2013 Liz Clarke https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/georgetown-point-guard-markel-starks-sticks-to-his-plans-as-hoyas-take-on-no-18-kansas/2013/12/20/c104a280-699b-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html Today, the Hoyas’ senior point guard and former first-team All-Met is pursuing a more audacious goal: to take Georgetown deep in the NCAA tournament and add to the Final Four banners on display in McDonough Arena. https://web.archive.org/web/20250123223334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/georgetown-point-guard-markel-starks-sticks-to-his-plans-as-hoyas-take-on-no-18-kansas/2013/12/20/c104a280-699b-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html 23 January 2025 A current or former student of Georgetown University. en Traveling Stuffed Panda ‘Chunky’ Visits Hoyas at Their Homes The Hoya 10 September 2020 Michelle Brown https://thehoya.com/traveling-stuffed-panda-chunky-visits-hoyas-at-their-homes/ This traveling bear doesn’t belong to a circus — Chunky the Georgetown Panda is a stuffed panda that has been shipped across the country to Hoyas old and new. 15 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200918195705/https://thehoya.com/traveling-stuffed-panda-chunky-visits-hoyas-at-their-homes/ 18 September 2020 Anagrams en ahoy ahoy en College sports