# Hoya

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,262

## Definitions
1. A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.
2. A current or former student of Georgetown University.

## Etymology
Derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s.

## Easily confused with
- **hwy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hwy)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hua)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hye)
- **HPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hpa)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hsa)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hula)
- **Huma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-huma)
- **hoyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hoyer)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hoyle)
- **ha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ha-vs-hoya)
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ho-vs-hoya)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-vs-hoya)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hoya)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hey-vs-hoya)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hoya)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hay-vs-hoya)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hon-vs-hoya)
- **hog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hog-vs-hoya)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoo-vs-hoya)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoe-vs-hoya)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hhoya`, `hoay`, `hoyya`, `hyoa`, `ohya`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hoya