Polo

//ˈpoʊloʊ// intj, name, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Polo. alt-of
  2. 2
    Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian or Spanish
Noun
  1. 1
    A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. uncountable, usually

    "There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding."

  2. 2
    A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
  3. 3
    A dress shirt. Philippines
  4. 4
    a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball wordnet
  5. 5
    The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    A polo shirt. countable, usually

    "Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Etymology 2

From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Etymology 4

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

Etymology 5

From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Paulus.

Etymology 6

From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.

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