polo
noun/ˈpəʊləʊ/
/ˈpəʊləʊ/
[uncountable]- a game in which two teams of players riding on horses try to hit a ball into a goal using mallets (= sticks with a block of wood at one end)CulturePolo originally came from Asia and in Britain and the US is now popular mainly with rich people, including members of the British royal family.see also water poloTopics Sports: other sportsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPolo is used before these nouns:
- neck
- pony
- shirt
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Balti, ‘ball’. Balti is the language of Baltistan, a region in the Himalayas south of K2Want to learn more?
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