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'''POL''' can stand for:
'''Pol''' or '''POL''' may refer to:


==Places==
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* [[Pol State]], a former princely state in Gujarat, western India; originally Vijaynagar State after its first capital
* [[Poland]], as a three letter national code.
* [[Pol, Iran]], a city in Khamir County, Hormozgan province, Iran
* [[Petroleum Oil Lubricants]], military acronym generally referring to all flammable liquids and solids.
* [[Port of load]] in shipping.
* [[Pol, Lugo]], a municipality in Spain
* [[River Pol]], a small river in Cornwall, England
* Point of Load converter, an electronics term also known as a [[Voltage_regulator_module|VRM]] or [[Voltage_regulator_module|Voltage Regulator Module]].
* POL, ISO-3166-1 alpha-3 code for the country of [[Poland]]
* Prest-O-Lite, referring to the gas fitting used with [[Liquified petroleum gas|LPG]] (Propane) bottles.
* Penultima Online, a notable [[Ultima Online shard emulation|Ultima Online shard emulator]].
* Pokémon Online, A Pokémon MMORPG.
* [[PlayOnline]], an online gaming service.
* In genetics, Pol refers to DNA and RNA [[Polymerase]] such as [[RNA polymerase I|Pol 1]].


==Codes==
POL also sometimes refers to a function on a calculator used to convert [[Cartesian coordinate system|Cartesian coordinates]] to [[Polar coordinate system|Polar coordinates]].
* POL, International Olympic Committee country code for Poland - see [[List of IOC country codes]]
* pol, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language codes for the [[Polish language]]


==Transport==
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* POL, IATA airport code for [[Pemba Airport (Mozambique)]]
* POL, National Rail station code for [[Polsloe Bridge railway station]], Devon, England
* POL, an abbreviation for port of loading


==People==
[[eo:POL]]
===Given name===
[[fr:POL]]
* [[Pól]], an Irish and Faroese given name, and a list of people so named
[[it:POL]]
* [[Pol (given name)]], usually a form of Paul or Polydore, with a list of people so named
[[no:Pol]]
**[[Pol Pot]] (1925–1998), Cambodian revolutionary and Communist dictator
[[ksh:POL (Watt ėßß datt?)]]

===Surname===
* [[Agusti Pol]] (born 1977), Andorran footballer
* [[Alejandro Pol Hurtado]] (born 1990), Venezuelan football midfielder
* [[Alexander Pol]] (1832–1890), Ukrainian archaeologist and geologist
* [[Alice Pol]] (born 1982), French actress
* [[Antoine Pol]] (1888–1971), French poet
* [[Ben Pol]] (born 1989), Tanzanian singer and songwriter
* [[David Pol]] (born 1973), Canadian football player
* [[Ernest Pohl]], also known as Ernst Pol (1932–1995), Polish footballer
* [[Ferran Pol]] (born 1983), Andorran footballer
* [[Francisco Pol Hurtado]] (born 1990), Venezuelan football midfielder
* [[Miquel Martí i Pol]] (1929–2003), Catalan poet
* [[Nicolas Pol]] (born 1977), French contemporary artist
* [[Nicolaus Pol]] (c.1467–1532), Austrian physician and book collector
* [[Sandra de Pol]] (born 1975), Swiss footballer
* [[Santosh Pol]] (born 1974), Indian serial killer
* [[Sebastián Pol]] (born 1988), Argentine footballer
* [[Talitha Pol]] (1940–1971), Dutch actress and model, wife of John Paul Getty
* [[Victor de Pol]] (1865–1925), Italian-born Argentine sculptor
* [[Wincenty Pol]] (1807–1872), Polish poet and geographer

==Fictional characters==
* [[Pol (character)]], in Melanie Rawn's ''Dragon Prince'' and ''Dragon Star'' trilogies

==Science and technology==
*[[Pol (gene)]]
* [[POL valve]], a fitting found on LPG cylinders
* [[Pol (HIV)]], a gene found in retroviruses
* ''[[Polystachya]]'', abbreviation of a genus of orchid

==Other uses==
* [[HNoMS Pol III|HNoMS ''Pol III'']], a Norwegian Navy World War II patrol boat
* [[Pol language]], a Bantu language of Cameroon
* [[Pol (housing)]], in India, a district in an "old city" area occupied by families of a particular ethnic group or caste
* [[POL (magazine)|''POL'' (magazine)]] (1968?–1986), an Australian monthly magazine
* [[/pol/]], the "politically incorrect" board on 4chan
* Party of the Left, in the [[Yale Political Union]]
* "Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants", Class III of U.S. Armed Forces [[classes of supply]]
* Abbreviation for [[politician]]

==See also==
* [[Van der Pol]], Dutch surname
*[[Pole (disambiguation)]]
*[[Pohl (disambiguation)]]
*[[Poll (disambiguation)]]

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Latest revision as of 13:53, 17 September 2024

Pol or POL may refer to:

Places

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  • Pol State, a former princely state in Gujarat, western India; originally Vijaynagar State after its first capital
  • Pol, Iran, a city in Khamir County, Hormozgan province, Iran
  • Pol, Lugo, a municipality in Spain
  • River Pol, a small river in Cornwall, England
  • POL, ISO-3166-1 alpha-3 code for the country of Poland

Codes

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Transport

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People

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Given name

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  • Pól, an Irish and Faroese given name, and a list of people so named
  • Pol (given name), usually a form of Paul or Polydore, with a list of people so named
    • Pol Pot (1925–1998), Cambodian revolutionary and Communist dictator

Surname

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Fictional characters

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Science and technology

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Other uses

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See also

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