Po

¹

[ poh ]

noun

1. a river in Italy, flowing E from the Alps in the NW to the Adriatic. 418 miles (669 km) long.

Po

²

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. polonium ( def ).

po

³

[ poh ]

noun

, Australia and New Zealand.

, plural pos.

1. a chamber pot.

p.o.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) by mouth.

PO

⁵

abbreviation for

1. post office. Also P.O.
2. Baseball. putout; putouts.

P.O.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. post office. Also PO
2. parole officer.
3. petty officer.
4. Chiefly British. postal (money) order.

PO

¹

abbreviation for

1. Post Office
2. Personnel Officer
3. petty officer
4. Pilot Officer
5. Alsop.o. postal order

po

²

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. an informal word for chamber pot

Po

³

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. a river in N Italy, rising in the Cottian Alps and flowing northeast to Turin, then east to the Adriatic: the longest river in Italy. Length: 652 km (405 miles) Latin namePadus

Po

⁴

the chemical symbol for

1. polonium

Word History and Origins

Origin of Po¹

1875–80; probably < French pot ( de chambre ) chamber pot

Origin of Po²

From Latin per ōs

Word History and Origins

Origin of Po¹

C19: from pot ¹

Example Sentences

“You are unlawfully assembled. You have to leave!” a patrol officer says before slapping Po with a $500 fine.

From Salon

“It started off as a silly joke and now it’s turned pandemonium,” said Paige Nguyen, a producer for YouTuber Anthony Po, who organized the event.

From Los Angeles Times

The European left is in “bad health”, says Prof Marc Lazar of Sciences Po in Paris and Rome’s Luiss University, the result of a steady decline that began in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

From BBC

Later, while finishing her university studies at Sciences Po in Paris, she noticed a film shoot in the university courtyard one day and asked the assistant director for an internship.

From New York Times

On Friday, police officers charged into an elite university in Paris, Sciences Po, to remove students who had occupied the building overnight.

From New York Times

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