pólo
Czech
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Noun
pólo n
- polo (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) [from 20th c.]
- 2005, František Táborský, Sportovní hry 2: základní pravidla, organizace, historie[1], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 150:
- Inspirováni domorodými obyvateli založili koloniální vojáci Velké Británie první klub póla na koních v severoindickém Silcharu již v roce 1859. O deset let později se dostalo pólo do Anglie, kde bylo v roce 1871 sehráno prvé oficiální utkání.
- Inspired by native inhabitants, British colonial soldiers founded the first polo club in North Indian Silchar as early as in 1859.
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Lower Sorbian
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Alternative forms
- polo (superseded)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *poľe, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian polo, Polish pole, Czech pole, Russian по́ле (póle), Old Church Slavonic полѥ (polje), and more distantly with English field and plain.
Pronunciation
Noun
pólo n ? (diminutive pólack)
- field (“open country; space used to grow crops or hold livestock; course of study or domain of knowledge”)
Declension
Declension of pólo
Portuguese
Noun
pólo m (plural pólos)
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