Name Aloma
Gender Feminine
Usage Popular Culture, Theatre
Pronounced Pron. ə-LO-mə (Popular Culture)
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Meaning & History
A pseudo-Hawaiian name invented by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer for the title character of their 1925 Broadway play Aloma of the South Seas, which was twice adapted to film, in 1926 and again in 1941. In the melodrama, Aloma is an erotic dancer from Hawaii.