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The word hello has been credited to Thomas Edison, specifically as a way to greet someone when answering the telephone; according to one source, he expressed his surprise with a misheard Hullo. Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy-hoy (as used on ships) as a telephone greeting. However, in 1877, Edison wrote to T.B.A. David, the president of the Central District and Printing Telegraph Company of Pittsburgh:

Friend David, I do not think we shall need a call bell as Hello! can be heard 10 to 20 feet away. What you think? Edison - P.S. first cost of sender & receiver to manufacture is only $7.00.

By 1889, central telephone exchange operators were known as 'hello-girls' due to the association between the greeting and the telephone.

Etymological answer: Hello ( or hullo) originally meant "stop, there!" It derives from the French holà, and entered the English language with William the Conqueror.
Hello is a word used in greeting someone, such as--> "Hello! How are you today?"
hello means salutation or greeting in English language
"Hello" is a basic English greeting.

Other words for hello are "hi" or "greetings!"

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=it means hiholla in spanishbonjour in Francewatz up=

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