kolo

noun — 2 senses

noun

UK /ˈkəʊləʊ/ · US /ˈkoʊloʊ/

Etymology Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).

A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.

As we came to this promenade […] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 660:

noun

A mixed grain dish from East Africa.

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