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kolo

/ˈkəʊləʊ/US/ˈkoʊloʊ/

kolo noun: a national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.

Noun (1)

kolo (plural kolos)

  1. A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
    • As we came to this promenade […] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 660

Noun (2)

kolo (plural kolos)

  1. A mixed grain dish from East Africa.

Forms of kolo

pluralkolos

Origin of kolo

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).

Phrases with kolo

Questions about kolo

What does kolo mean?
Kolo means a national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
What part of speech is kolo?
Kolo is a noun.
How do you pronounce kolo?
Kolo is pronounced /ˈkəʊləʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of kolo?
The plural of kolo is kolos.

Words near kolo in the dictionary

  1. Kolmogorov randomness
  2. Kolmogorov space
  3. Kolmogorov spaces
  4. Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
  5. Kolmogorovian
  6. kolo
  7. kolo mee
  8. koloa
  9. koloas
  10. Kolob
  11. kolobion

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