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Gung ho (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ /) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'enthusiastic or energetic', or in military circles, overly so.It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 (pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (Chinese: 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè).
The Ho people are an Austroasiatic Munda ethnic group of India. They are mostly concentrated in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand and northern Odisha where they constitute around 10.7% and 7.3% of the total Scheduled Tribe population respectively, as of 2011 . [ 3 ]
Ho (Korean name), a family name, given name, and an element in two-syllable given names Heo, also romanised as Hŏ, a Korean family name; Ho (Korean: 호; Hanja: 號); the Korean term for an art name (or "pen name")
He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé ( 何 ) listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China, [ 1 ] a spot it retained in 2019. [ 2 ]
Two hoboes, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (c. 1880s –1930s). A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. [1] [2] Hoboes, tramps, and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; a bum neither travels nor works.
The Gung Ho (Chinese: 工合; pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together') movement was first initiated in Shanghai in 1937.Some of the principal organizers were Rewi Alley of New Zealand, Edgar Snow, Nym Wales (Helen Foster Snow), and Ida Pruitt of the US, as well as a group of Chinese including Hu Yuzhi and Sha Qianli ().
WASHINGTON (AP) — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, ...
Homan is a surname with a variety of origins. As a Dutch surname it appears to have originated as an assimilation (fm->m) of Ho(o)fman, making it cognate to names like Hoffman and Van 't Hof, indicating either an occupational (court servant; steward; or farmer) or toponymic origin (man at the homestead, court or farm).