{i} last name; Marco Polo (1254-1324), Italian merchant and explorer from Venice, one of the first European explorers to travel across Asia; city in Illinois (USA); city in Missouri (USA); type of Spanish gypsy dance wherein the body moves energetically to harmony singing and rhythmic clapping of hands
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponents goal
a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
Polo is a game played between two teams of players. The players ride horses and use wooden hammers with long handles to hit a ball. see also water polo. a game played between two teams of players who ride on horses and hit a small ball with long-handled wooden hammers water polo. Game played by teams of players on horseback. Players use mallets with long flexible handles to drive a wooden ball through goalposts. It was first played in Persia in the 6th century BC; from there it spread to Arabia, Tibet (polo is Balti for "ball"), South Asia, and the Far East. The first British polo clubs were formed in India in the mid-19th century; the game came to the U.S. a few decades later. Polo has long been primarily played by the wealthy, because of the expense of acquiring and maintaining a stable of polo "ponies" (actually full-sized adult horses, bred for docility, speed, endurance, and intelligence). The standard team is made up of four players whose positions are numbered 1-4. A game consists of six 7.5-minute periods called chukkers or chukkas. The field is 300 yards (274.3 m) long by 160 yards (146.3 m) wide; an indoor version of the game is played on a smaller field. Marco Polo Bridge Incident Polo Marco water polo
a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
A pullover shirt that has two to four buttons in a shortened placket with a soft collar
A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates
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 game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback
A ball game played in BATs in swimming pools, the object being to score goals Rules are similar to those of soccer, etc , and the game has been likened to gladiatorial combat
A polo neck or a polo neck sweater is a sweater with a high neck which folds over. a shirt or sweater that has a high collar that folds down and fits closely around the neck American Equivalent: turtleneck
A polo shirt is a soft short-sleeved piece of clothing with a collar, which you put on over your head. A pullover sport shirt of knitted cotton. a shirt that has a collar, a few buttons near the neck, and is pulled on over the head
Game played (usually in a swimming pool) where one person runs or swims around blindly yelling "Marco" and everyone else must respond with "Polo" while the person who is "it" tries to locate them. See
Polo, Marco. an Italian traveller whose writings gave Europeans their first knowledge of life in the Far East. He went to India, southeast Asia, and China, and spent several years working for the Chinese emperor Kublai Khan (?1254-1324). born 1254, Venice or Curzola, Venetian Dalmatia died Jan. 8, 1324, Venice Venetian merchant and traveler who journeyed from Europe to Asia (1271-95). Born into a Venetian merchant family, he joined his father and uncle on a journey to China, traveling along the Silk Road and reaching the court of Kublai Khan 1274. The Polos remained in China for about 17 years, and the Mongol emperor sent Marco on several fact-finding missions to distant lands. Marco may also have governed the city of Yangzhou (1282-87). The Polos returned to Venice in 1295, after sailing from eastern China to Persia and then journeying overland through Turkey. Captured by the Genoese soon after his return, Marco was imprisoned along with a writer, Rustichello, who helped him to write the tale of his travels. The book, Il milione, was an instant success, though most medieval readers considered it an extravagant romance rather than a true story
Conflict in 1937 between Chinese and Japanese troops near the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing. The incident was a culmination of the growing tensions between the two sides increasing Japanese aggression and Chinese reaction against it after Japan had occupied northeastern China and established its puppet state of Manchukuo in 1931. The skirmish expanded into a general war between Japan and China
Water polo is a game played in a swimming pool in which two teams of swimmers try to score goals with a ball. A water sport with two teams of swimmers each of which tries to pass a ball into the other's goal. a ball game played in water between two teams. Sport played in a swimming pool by teams of seven with a buoyant ball resembling a football (soccer ball). The ball may be carried or thrown, and a point is scored when the ball is placed in the opposing team's goal. The name derives from a mid-19th-century version of the sport in which players rode barrels and struck the ball with sticks. A rough and demanding game, it is played by both men and women. Modern water polo was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1900