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Definition: Polo |
PoloNoun1. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324). 2. A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Polo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | POLO, Marco, F. R. G. S., traveler, discoverer, and lecturer. Began expeditions from Venice. Discovered China, Japan, and the Orient. Returned to Venice and Doctor Cooked his neighbors. He is supposed, however, to have visited the countries, as he produced a pair of chop sticks, a Chinese laundry, and some Japanese lanterns. These were accepted as proofs by the University of Venice. Ambition: The north pole. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Polo is a team game played on a field with one goal for each team. The object is to propel an object through or into the goal. In this it is similar to many team sports such as football and field hockey. The main difference is that the players play on horseback, or in the water (if the latter, the sport is often referred to as "water polo").See also Polocrosse for another game played on horseback.
Other uses:
- A polo-neck sweater has a circular neck-hole, as opposed to a v-neck.
- Polo Mints are ring-shaped mints, similar to Lifesavers Mints.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polo."
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a polo tournament was contested.
Pos Athlete 1 Foxhunters Hurlingham (GBR/USA) Alfred Rawinson (GBR), Frank Mackay (USA), Foxhall Parker Keene (USA), Denis St. George Daly (GBR/IRL), John Beresford (GBR) 2 Rugby (GBR/USA) Walter McCreery (USA), Frederick Freake (GBR), Walter Buckmaster (GBR), José De Madre (GBR) 3 Bagatelle, Paris (FRA/GBR) Maurice Raoul-Duval (FRA), Frederick Agnew Gill (GBR), Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze (FRA), Edouard Alphonse De Rothschild (FRA) 3 Mexico Guillermo Hayden Wright, Eustaquio de Escandón y Barrón, Pablo de Escandón y Barrón, Manuel de Villavieja Escandón y Barrón Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics."
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Polo is a city located in Ogle County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,477.Geography
Polo is located at 41°59'13" North, 89°34'38" West (41.986852, -89.577100)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²). 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,477 people, 1,007 households, and 654 families residing in the city. The population density is 730.1/km² (1,886.2/mi²). There are 1,081 housing units at an average density of 318.6/km² (823.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.39% White, 0.04% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 1.57% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,007 households out of which 31.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% are married couples living together, 10.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% are non-families. 31.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 3.00. In the city the population is spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $38,833, and the median income for a family is $46,250. Males have a median income of $37,857 versus $24,135 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,604. 9.2% of the population and 7.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.2% are under the age of 18 and 10.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polo, Illinois."
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Polo is a city located in Caldwell County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 582.Geography
Polo is located at 39°33'10" North, 94°2'20" West (39.552842, -94.039022)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 582 people, 239 households, and 150 families residing in the city. The population density is 387.4/km² (1,006.4/mi²). There are 262 housing units at an average density of 174.4/km² (453.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.48% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 239 households out of which 28.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% are married couples living together, 7.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% are non-families. 31.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 3.09. In the city the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $34,250, and the median income for a family is $36,705. Males have a median income of $32,375 versus $21,111 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,868. 7.1% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.5% are under the age of 18 and 6.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polo, Missouri."
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The VW Polo is Volkswagen's compact car, sold mainly in Europe. It is generally available only as a hatchback, although in South America and South Africa, there is also a sedan version, as hatchbacks are not as popular in those markets as they are in Europe.The Polo is mechanically very similar to the SEAT Ibiza and Cordoba, produced in Spain, and the previous sedan and wagon versions (Polo Classic and Polo Variant) being almost identical to the SEAT Cordoba. In addition, the previous model SEAT Ibiza was sold in South Africa as the VW Polo Playa.
See also: Giorgetto Giugiaro
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "VW Polo."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
POLO | English | Polar Orbiter Lunar Observatory | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PoloSynonym: Marco Polo (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism; (contention); sports; horse racing, the turf; aquatics; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Polo |
| English words defined with "Polo": chukka, chukker ♦ Hangchow, Hangzhou ♦ Kubla Khan, Kublai Kaan, Kublai Khan ♦ polo ball, polo mallet, polo pony, polo stick ♦ Silk Road. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Polo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (polo), Czech (half), Esperanto (Pole), French (polo), German (polo), Italian (pole, polo), Manx (polo ), Samoan (ball), Serbo-Croatian (polo), Spanish (pole, polo, polo shirt, terminal), Swedish (polo), Turkish (polo). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I saw my whole life as if I had already lived it. An endless parade of parties and cotillions, yachts and polo matches (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) A nickel will buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the polo grounds (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) The palace has seven hundred bedrooms, twenty-two swimming pools and an indoor polo field (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner) I woulda worn my tuxedo but my polo pony ate it (Laverne & Shirley; writing credit: György Sós) Uh, I'm not very hungry; just gimme a double Polo Burger wit' everything and a cherry soda wit' chocolate ice cream (Grease; writing credit: Jim Jacobs; Warren Casey) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Marco Polo (1972) U.S. Water Polo (1968) Avventura del polo sud (1960) Aventuras de Marco Polo (1958) Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis at the Polo Grounds for the 1933 World Series. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Paymaster C.K.T. Wheen, paymaster of the H.M.S. Danae, and British Embassy employee, J.M. Branch, playing cricket at Potomac Park Polo Grounds, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Polo grounds at Georgian Court, Lakewood, N.J. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polo grounds, West Point, N.Y., The. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | West Texan sitting on his pony while watching polo match at Abilene, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Strapping horse's ankles before polo match, Abilene, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Polo game in West Potomac Park. Distant view of polo game. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hot action in the polo match today between the teams of the 6th Field Artillery and the 16th Field Artillery. This was the first match of the War Dept. Polo Association Tournament opening today. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Panorama, baseball, Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 13, 1910. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polo Grounds, New York, New York - Cincinnati, National League ball game, Saturday, Aug. 13, 1904, attendance 24,625. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Marco Polo Press, the imprint for travel books, has translated its complete series into Chinese for local readers. (references) | |
Private sports clubs located in Metro Manila such as Manila Polo Club, Makati Sports Club, Metropolitan Sports Club, Columbian Sports Club, Quezon City Sports Club, to name a few, have facilities for basketball in addition to uncovered and covered tennis courts. (references) | ||
Of the new cars sold, 19.7 percent were Fiat Palio; 14.3 percent Peugeot 206; 12.2 percent; VW Gol, 11.6 percent; Fiat Corsa 3V, 11.3 percent; Fiat Corsa 2V, 8.8 percent; Ford Rural or Escort, 8.1 percent; VW Polo, 7.2 percent; Ford Fiesta and Renault 19, 6.8 percent. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mongolia | Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan, who conquered China and established the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368 AD), gained fame in Europe through the writings of Marco Polo. (references) |
Uae | UAE nationals must hold the remaining 51%. There are currently more than 25 offset ventures; offset projects cover the full spectrum of economic activity, including, inter alia, advertising, fish farming, air conditioning, language centers, shipbuilding, aircraft maintenance, leasing, medical services, and even polo grounds. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kenya | During the year, three police officers charged with the June 1999 killings of Victor Polo and Vincent Odhiambo were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. (references) |
Travel | Korea | Makes such as Coach, Reebok, LA Gear, Gucci, Polo, Rolex, Disney, Chanel, and Warner Bros., and Members Only, and computer software and games are often counterfeit. (references) |
Ghana | Liberation Road, Airport Residential Area, across from Polo Club, near Granada and Shangri-La hotels. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Colombia | On June 21, Oscar Dario Soto Polo, chairman of the National Beverage Workers Union (SINALTRAINBEC) and a member of the CUT national committee, was killed in broad daylight while walking his 8-year-old daughter home from school. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Polo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.04% of the time. "Polo" is used about 452 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.04% | 303 | 16,643 |
| Noun (proper) | 32.96% | 149 | 25,810 |
| Total | 100.00% | 452 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Polo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Polo | Last name | 1,000 | 13,183 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | Marco Polo Developments Limited | USA | Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Polo, IL (city, FIPS 60937) 2. Polo, MO (city, FIPS 58916) |
Expressions using "Polo": marco polo ♦ Marco Polo sheep ♦ polo ball ♦ polo mallet ♦ polo neck ♦ polo neck sweater ♦ polo player ♦ polo pony ♦ polo shirt ♦ polo stick ♦ water polo. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Polo": polo-coat, polo-field, polo-mad, polo-mallet, polo-neck, polo-neck collar, polo-necked, polo-necks, polo-players, polo-playing, polo-shirt, polo-shirts, polo-stick, polo-sweater, polo-type. | |
Ending with "Polo": water-polo. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
polo | 2,106 | usa water polo | 64 |
water polo | 1,730 | polo golf | 60 |
marco polo | 1,102 | las polo tower vegas | 53 |
polo shirt | 784 | polo boot | 53 |
polo ralph lauren | 728 | man polo shirt | 52 |
teri polo | 305 | polo cologne | 48 |
polo sport | 288 | marco polo picture | 48 |
polo jean | 156 | polo rim | 48 |
polo outlet | 131 | polo urias | 47 |
vw polo | 116 | polo clothing | 46 |
embroidered polo shirt | 108 | horse polo | 46 |
polo tower | 107 | polo club | 45 |
volkswagen polo | 105 | polo shirt wholesale | 45 |
polo sport ralph lauren | 98 | blue polo | 45 |
lacoste polo | 95 | disco polo | 44 |
ralph lauren polo shirt | 92 | polo wheels | 41 |
polo shoes | 85 | polo sport shoes | 40 |
lacoste polo shirt | 85 | championship european polo water | 40 |
polo grounds | 85 | norte polo | 39 |
polo polo | 79 | polo dress | 37 |
water polo picture | 37 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Polo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | polo, vaterpolo. (various references) | |
Arabic | كرة الماء (water polo), لعبة رياضية, بولو لعبة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | поло (polo neck sweater, turtle-neck sweater). (various references) | |
Chinese | 马球. (various references) | |
Czech | pólo, vodní pólo (water polo). (various references) | |
Farsi | چوگان بازی (Bandy). (various references) | |
Finnish | vesipallopeli (water polo), vesipallo (water polo, wator polo). (various references) | |
French | polo. (various references) | |
German | polo. (various references) | |
Greek | πόλο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כ"ור מים (water polo). (various references) | |
Hungarian | póló, lovaspóló. (various references) | |
Italian | polo (pole). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ポルノ " (blue film, polemic, polonaise, polonium, poncho, pound, pump). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ポロ . (various references) | |
Korean | 볼오 목 (polo-neck). (various references) | |
Manx | polo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olopay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pólo (pole). (various references) | |
Romanian | polo pe apã (water polo). (various references) | |
Russian | поло. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | polo. (various references) | |
Spanish | polo acuático (water polo), polo (pole, polo shirt, terminal). (various references) | |
Swedish | polo, hästpolo. (various references) | |
Turkish | polo. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | поло. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Polo": poloist, poloists, polonaise, polonaises, polonium, poloniums, polos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Polo": anthropological, anthropologically, anthropologies, anthropologist, anthropologists, anthropology, apolog, apologal, apologetic, apologetically, apologetics, apologia, apologiae, apologias, apologies, apologise, apologised, apologises, apologising, apologist, apologists, apologize, apologized, apologizer, apologizers, apologizes, apologizing, apologs, apologue, apologues, apology, escapologies, escapologist, escapologists, escapology, nonanthropological, nonanthropologist, nonanthropologists, paleoanthropological, paleoanthropologies, paleoanthropologist, paleoanthropologists, paleoanthropology, topological, topologically, topologies, topologist, topologists, topology, tropologic, tropological. (additional references) | |
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"Polo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apolo, epelo, ipol, nolo, ollo, olo, Opco, Opdo, Opio, ople, opo, Palop, Pelco, Pelo, pelon, pelop, peooow, phlo, Pholo, phool, pilao, Pilkou, pillo, pilo, pilou, pilov, piol, plo, ploe, ploo, plook, plou, plso, Pobl, poblo, pobo, poco, podo, poelo, pohl, Pohle, poho, pojo, Pokot, pola, Poleo, poli, polla, polli, pollo, pollox, pollr, polm, Polmood, Poloc, pologa, polop, polox, polpo, Poltox, polup, polus, Polvo, Pomo, pono, poo, pooj, poole, Poopo, pooq, Popo, poro, poto, poulsom, povo, Poyle, Pplo, prool, Pslo, Pujo, puko, pulao, Pulbo, puli, pulod, pulos, pulot, puzo, pwooooh, rolo, volo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Polo" (pronounced pō"lō) |
| 3 | -ō" l ō | nolo. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: loop, pool. | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-o-p" | |
-1 letter: loo, lop, pol. | |
-2 letters: lo, op. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-o-p" | |
+1 letter: bloop, loops, loopy, orlop, polio, polos, pools, sloop, spool. | |
+2 letters: apollo, apolog, bloops, collop, coplot, dollop, hoopla, lollop, lookup, looped, looper, orlops, podsol, podzol, polios, pomelo, poodle, pooled, poorly, prolog, saloop, sloops, spools. | |
+3 letters: apollos, apologs, apology, blooped, blooper, carpool, collops, complot, copilot, coplots, cowflop, cowplop, dollops, duopoly, fowlpox, hooplas, lampoon, lollops, lookups, loopers, loopier, looping, lycopod, outplod, outplot, outpoll, palooka, piccolo, platoon, pleopod, plosion, plowboy, plywood, podsols, podzols, polaron, pollock, poloist, polycot, polygon, polyoma, polypod, pomelos, poodles, pooling, potboil, pothole, precool, prologs, prolong, rollmop, rolltop, saloops, scollop, spooled, topsoil, trollop, vanpool, whoopla. | |
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