"polo-stick" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-polo-stick.oga Forms: polo-sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} polo-stick (plural polo-sticks)
  1. The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players. Wikipedia link: Naqsh-e Jahan Square Categories (topical): Sports equipment Synonyms: polo mallet, polo stick, polostick Translations (Translations): صَوْلَجَان (ṣawlajān) [masculine] (Arabic), عَصَا الْبُولُو (ʕaṣā al-būlū) [masculine] (Arabic), مِطْرَقَة الْبُولُو (miṭraqa al-būlū) [feminine] (Arabic), poolomaila (Finnish), Poloschläger [masculine] (German), چوگان (çevgân) (Ottoman Turkish), صولجان (sevlecan) (Ottoman Turkish), چوگان (čowgân) (Persian)

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