Bolo
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Bolo may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
Literature
- Bolo universe, a science fiction universe created by Keith Laumer
- Bolo, a community or tribe in the book bolo'bolo (1983) by Swiss author P.M.
- Prince Bolo, a character in Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Games
- Bolo (1982 video game), Apple II tank game
- Bolo (1987 video game), simulation of a tank battle
- Bolo (Breakout clone), an enhanced clone of the Breakout computer game for the Atari ST
Toys
- Bolo bat, a child's toy
Military and weapons
- Bolo Airfield, a World War II airfield on Okinawa
- Bolo knife, a Filipino knife similar to the machete
- Bolo Shell, a type of specialty shotgun shell
- Douglas B-18 Bolo, a United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft from the 1930s
- Operation Bolo, a United States military operation during the Vietnam War
- Bolo, a variant of the Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol
People
- Bolo (footballer) (born 1974), a Spanish footballer
- Bolo (prince) (1613–1652), Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty
- Bolo Yeung (born 1946), Chinese actor and martial artist
- Roberto Luongo (born 1979), National Hockey League goalie
- Lashmer Whistler (1898–1963), British general of the Second World War
Places
- Bolo, Central African Republic
- Bolo, Ethiopia, a village in Ethiopia
- Bolo, Tibet, a township in Tibet
- Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois, US
- Bolo River, Romania
- O Bolo, Galicia, Spain
- Ogu/Bolo, a Local Government Area of Nigeria
Slang
- Bolshevik (derogatory)
- A drunk, in Central America
- A glass pipe used to smoke methamphetamine (ice)
- BOLO or B.O.L.O., an all-points bulletin in American law enforcement, standing for "Be on the lookout", often used as “bolo alert”
Other uses
- Bolo, a cake in Portuguese cuisine
- Bolo (tether), a type of spinning space tether
- Bolo punch, a wide sweeping lower cut used in martial arts
- Bolo snake or Fiji snake (Ogmodon vitianus), an extremely rare snake found only in Fiji
- Bolo tie, a decorative string tie
See also
- Bola (disambiguation)
- Bolas, a throwing rope with weights at both ends to entangle prey
- Bollo (disambiguation)