"POI" meaning in English

See POI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌpiː ˌəʊ ˈaɪ/ Forms: POIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} POI (plural POIs)
  1. Initialism of point of interest. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: point of interest
    Sense id: en-POI-en-noun-BKeet6v0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11
  2. Initialism of person of interest. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, person Alternative form of: interest
    Sense id: en-POI-en-noun-cbaHu-6n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11
  3. (ballistics) Initialism of point of impact. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: point of impact
    Sense id: en-POI-en-noun-3O5JQ0Rv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11 Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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