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water polo

/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/

water polo noun: a water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.

water polo: a water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's...
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Noun

water polo (uncountable)

  1. A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.

water polo meaning in Tamil and Arabic

water polo in Tamil

நீர்ப்பந்தாட்டம்

water polo in Arabic

a water sport
كُرَة اَلْمَاء kurat al-māʔ

Questions about water polo

What does water polo mean?
Water polo means a water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.
What is water polo in Tamil?
Water polo in Tamil is நீர்ப்பந்தாட்டம். See Water polo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is water polo?
Water polo is a noun.
How do you pronounce water polo?
Water polo is pronounced /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/.

Words near water polo in the dictionary

  1. water pockets
  2. water poisoning
  3. water poisonings
  4. water police
  5. water pollution
  6. water polo
  7. water polo player
  8. water poppies
  9. water popping
  10. water poppy
  11. water potential

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Adapted from Wiktionary: water polo (page history and authors); water polo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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