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polo (field sport) (field sports, sports, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Sport resembling hockey, with two teams of four players each, played on horseback with long-handled mallets and the objective of propelling a wooden or plastic ball down a grass field and through a goal. It is said to be the oldest of equestrian sports.
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| polo (field sport) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,U)
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| polo (deporte de campo) (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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| polo (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| 馬球 (球場運動) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| ma qiú (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ma qiu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ma ch'iu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: K.KQ |
Hierarchical Position:
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Activities Facet |
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.... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ physical activities (G) |
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............ <physical activities by specific context> (G) |
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................ <public and interactive activities> (G) |
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.................... games (G) |
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........................ sports (G) |
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............................ field sports (G) |
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................................ polo (field sport) (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 類似曲棍球的運動，兩組各四人的隊伍騎在馬背，在草地球場上以長柄球棍推擊木製或塑膠製球，使其穿越球門得分，據說是最古老的馬術運動。 |
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Related concepts: |
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| involves .... |
Equus caballus (species) |
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(Equus (genus), Equidae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300250148] |
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mallets (sports equipment) |
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(<ball striking or snaring and throwing equipment>, ball game equipment, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300211081] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Agulló, Diccionario Espasa de términos deportivos (2003) 446 |
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Arlott, Oxford Companion to World Sports (1975) illustration |
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BHA Subject Headings (1985-) |
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CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) |
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Diagram Group, Rules of the Game (1974) illustration, 276 |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 22 June 2009 |
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Hickok, New Encyclopedia of Sports (1977) illustration |
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Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) II:797 |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 22 June 2009 |
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Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) |
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Thesaurus of Park, Recreation, and Leisure Service Terms (1990) |
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Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989) |
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