polo

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• The 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.
• A polo shirt.
• 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.
• A dress shirt.

Origin

• From Balti پولو ("ball"). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ, ཕོ་ལོང, སྤོ་ལོ.
• Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.
• Unknown.