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po⋅lo
[poh-loh]
–noun
| 1. | a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet. |
| 2. | any game broadly resembling this, esp. water polo. |
| 3. | polo shirt. |
Origin:
1835–45; < Balti (Tibetan language of Kashmir): ball
1835–45; < Balti (Tibetan language of Kashmir): ball

Related forms:
po⋅lo⋅ist, noun
polo shirt
–noun
| a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar. |
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Polo
Po"lo\, n. A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.Polo
Po"lo\, n. [Sp., an air or popular song in Andalucia.] 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.Polo
Po"lo\, n. [Of Eastern origin; -- properly, the ball used in the game.]1. A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback. 2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
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polo
1872, Anglo-Indian polo, from Balti (Tibetan language of the Indus valley) polo "ball," related to Tibetan pulu "ball." An ancient game in south Asia, first played in England at Aldershot, 1871. Water polo is from 1884. Polo shirt (1920) originally was a kind worn by polo players.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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