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poi¹

  • /pɔɪ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

noun

  1. Hawaii, uncountable The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […].
  2. uncountable A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

poi²

  • /pɔɪ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Māori poi.

noun poi · pois

  1. New Zealand, countable, uncountable A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string. Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.
  2. New Zealand, countable, uncountable A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball.

poi³

  • /pɔɪ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɔɪ

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”).

POI⁴

  • /ˌpiː ˌəʊ ˈaɪ/

noun POIs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of point of interest These POIs are usually visualized as icons (e.g., push pins, markers in Google Maps) in a base map, with some multimedia information—mostly text, images, and videos—attached to the icons (Haklay et al., 2008).
  2. abbreviation, initialism, person Initialism of person of interest
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of point of impact

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@misc{poi_2026,
  title = {poi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}