polo.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
A polo shirt.
Where this word comes from
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).
To play the game of polo.
Where this word comes from
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).
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.
Where this word comes from
From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.
A dress shirt.
Where this word comes from
Unknown.
To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.
Where this word comes from
From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.
Synonym of pilaf.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Persian پلو (polov).
Alternative letter-case form of Polo.
Where this word comes from
From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.
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