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Polo
//ˈpoʊloʊ// intj, name, noun
Definitions
Intj
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Polo. alt-of
- 2 Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian or Spanish
Noun
- 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 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 A dress shirt. Philippines
- 4 a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball wordnet
- 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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- 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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