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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ha \Ha\ (h[aum]), interj. [AS.] An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to ''Well, it is so.''
Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. --Carlyle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
HA
noun: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day [syn: {hour angle}]
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