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Po·lo  (pl), Marco 1254-1324.

Venetian traveler who explored Asia from 1271 to 1295. His Travels of Marco Polo was the only account of the Far East available to Europeans until the 17th century.

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po·lo  (pl)

n.

1. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.

2. Water polo.

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[Balti (Tibeto-Burman language of Pakistan), ball.]

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polo·ist n.

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polo [ˈpəʊləʊ]

n

1. (Team Sports) a game similar to hockey played on horseback using long-handled mallets (polo sticks) and a wooden ball

2. (Team Sports, other than specified) any of several similar games, such as one played on bicycles

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) short for water polo

4. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called polo neck

a.  a collar on a garment, worn rolled over to fit closely round the neck

b.  a garment, esp a sweater, with such a collar

[from Balti (dialect of Kashmir): ball, from Tibetan pulu]

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Polo [ˈpəʊləʊ]

n

(Biographies / Polo, Marco (1254-1324) M, Venetian, BUSINESS: merchant, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: travel writer) Marco (ˈmɑːkəʊ). 1254-1324, Venetian merchant, famous for his account of his travels in Asia. After travelling overland to China (1271-75), he spent 17 years serving Kublai Khan before returning to Venice by sea (1292-95)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Polo - Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) Marco Polo
	2.	polo - a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball field game - an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions stick - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball chukka, chukker - (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided

Translations

polo [ˈpəʊləʊ]

A. N (Sport) → polo m

B. CPD polo neck (sweater) N → (jersey m de) cuello m vuelto or cisne
polo shirt N → polo m

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polo [ˈpəʊləʊ] n → polo m polo player, polo pony
polo neck polo-neck

n → col m roulé

adj [jumper] → à col roulé
polo player n → joueur/euse m/f de polo
polo pony n → poney m de polo
polo shirt n → polo m

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polo

n → Polo nt

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polo [ˈpəʊləʊ] n (sport) → polo

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polo

n polo [ˈpəuləu]

a game like hockey, played on horseback. polo بولو поло pólo polo das Polo πόλο polo polo چوگان poolo polo פּוֹלוֹ चौगान polo (lovas)póló permainan polo póló polo ポロ 폴로 polas polo polo polo polo polo pólo polo поло pólo polo polo hästpolo กีฬาโปโล polo (oyunu) 馬球 поло ہاکي جيسا ايک کھيل môn pôlô 马球

n polo-neck

(a garment especially a sweater with) a high, close-fitting part around the neck He was wearing a polo-neck; (also adjective ) a polo-neck sweater. polonek جارزة ذات عُنُق طَويل ضيِّق яка поло rolák(ový) rullekrave; rullekrave- der Polokragen; Polokragen-... ζιβάγκο de cuello alto polokaelus یقه اسکی poolopaita col roulé צַווארוֹן גוֹלף गोल कालर majca sa kragnicom garbónyak berleher tinggi rúllukragapeysa dolcevita; a collo alto 丸首 터틀넥 golfas augsta atlokāma apkaklīte; (svīteris) ar augstu atlokāmu apkaklīti kolar polo coltrui høyhalset genser golf de gola alta водолазка rolák; rolákový zavihan ovratnik; z zavihanim ovratnikom rol-kragna polokrage, -tröja เสื้อคอดโปโล balıkçı yaka 馬球衣的領圈 водолазка ايک قسم کا تنگ سويٹر cổ lọ 马球衣的领圈