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polo¹

  • /ˈpoʊloʊ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ UK
  • [ˈpəʊləʊ] UK
  • [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ] UK

Rhymes with -əʊləʊ

Where it comes from

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

noun polos

  1. uncountable, usually 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. 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. uncountable, usually 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.
  3. countable, usually A polo shirt. 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.

verb polos · poloing · poloed

  1. intransitive To play the game of polo.

polo²

  • /ˈpoʊloʊ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ UK
  • [ˈpəʊləʊ] UK
  • [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ] UK

Rhymes with -əʊləʊ

Where it comes from

From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

noun

  1. 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.

polo³

  • /ˈpoʊloʊ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ UK
  • [ˈpəʊləʊ] UK
  • [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ] UK

Rhymes with -əʊləʊ

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun polos

  1. Philippines A dress shirt.

polo⁴

  • /ˈpoʊloʊ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ UK
  • [ˈpəʊləʊ] UK
  • [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ] UK

Rhymes with -əʊləʊ

Where it comes from

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

interjection

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo

verb polos · poloing · poloed

  1. intransitive To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.

polo⁵

  • /ˈpoʊloʊ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ UK
  • [ˈpəʊləʊ] UK
  • [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ] UK

Rhymes with -əʊləʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Persian پلو (polov).

noun

  1. uncountable Synonym of pilaf. The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread. On Wednesday night, I opted for sheveed polo, a simpler and quicker dill rice, but I can’t wait t

    Similar: pilaf

Polo⁶

Where it comes from

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

interjection

  1. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.

Polo⁷

Where it comes from

From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.

proper noun Polos

  1. A surname from Italian or Spanish

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marco polo, football, jumper, hub, pole, ball, sweatshirt, shirt, sweater, extreme, focus, exact, polar, centre, axis, side

Translations

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noun ball game

Españolpolo
한국어폴로 pollo
日本語ポロ poro
中文馬球 /马球 mǎqiú
हिन्दीपोलो polo, चौगान caugān
Portuguêspólo
Françaispolo
DeutschPolo
Italianopolo
Ελληνικάπόλο pólo
Русскийпо́ло pólo
Tiếng Việtmã cầu, pô-lô
العربيةصَوْلَجَان ṣawlajān, كُرَة وَ صَوْلَجَان, بُولُو būlū
עבריתפּוֹלוֹ polo

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"polo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/polo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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polo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/polo

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"polo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/polo.

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@misc{polo_2026,
  title = {polo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/polo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}