"kolo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊloʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kolo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kolos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowing from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|kolo}} Serbo-Croatian kolo, {{bor|en|sl|kolo}} Slovene kolo, {{der|en|sla-pro|*kolo||wheel}} Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kolo (plural kolos)
  1. A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle. Translations (national folk dance): kóló (Hungarian), kolo [neuter] (Polish), ко̏ло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kȍlo [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kolo [neuter] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-kolo-en-noun-QSMJxIFz Disambiguation of 'national folk dance': 76 24
  2. A mixed grain dish from East Africa Categories (topical): Dances, Foods
    Sense id: en-kolo-en-noun-xC3tAeCB Disambiguation of Dances: 43 57 Disambiguation of Foods: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56

Inflected forms

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