Bolo may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Bolo, a fictional tribe in ''bolo'bolo'' by P.M. * Bolo, a character in the ''

Shantae ''Shantae'' is a series of platform games developed by WayForward. The eponymous heroine of the series, a half-genie, was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created from this character by her husband Matt Bozon. The series consists of ...

'' series * ''Bolo'' universe, a science fiction universe created by Keith Laumer * Prince Bolo, a character in '' Haroun and the Sea of Stories''

Video games

* ''Bolo'' (1982 video game), an Apple II tank game * ''Bolo'' (1987 video game), a simulation of a tank battle * ''Bolo'' (''Breakout'' clone), an enhanced clone of the ''Breakout'' computer game for the Atari ST

Military and weapons

* Bolo Airfield, a World War II airfield on Okinawa *

Bolo knife A bolo ( tl, iták, ilo, bunéng, pag, baráng, ceb, súndang, hil, binangon) is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function as both tools and weap ...

, 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 Operation Bolo was a United States Air Force mission during the Vietnam War, considered to be a successful combat ruse. The mission was a response to the heavy losses sustained during the Operation Rolling Thunder aerial-bombardment campaign of ...

, a United States military operation during the Vietnam War * Bolo, a variant of the

Mauser C96 The Mauser C96 (''Construktion 96'') is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 2 ...

semi-automatic pistol

People

Bolo (footballer) Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso (born 5 March 1974), known as Bolo, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-forward. In a 15-year professional career, in which he represented six clubs, he appeared in 479 games in the two ...

(born 1974), Spanish footballer * Bolo (prince) (1613–1652), Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty * Bolo Pasha (born Paul Bolo, 1867–1918), French adventurer and German agent of the First World War * Lashmer Whistler or Bolo (1898–1963), British general of the Second World War * Bolo Yeung (born 1946), Chinese actor and martial artist

Places

Bolo, Central African Republic Bolo is a village in the Bamingui-Bangoran Bamingui-Bangoran is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. It covers an area of 58,200 km² and had a population of 38,437 as of the 2003 census. The population density of 0.66 ...

* Bolo, Ethiopia, a village in Ethiopia * Bolo River, a river in Romania * Bolo, Tibet, a township in Tibet *

Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois Bolo Township is located in Washington County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 419 and it contained 173 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or ...

, US * Ogu/Bolo, a Local Government Area of Nigeria * BOLO, Bos & Lommer, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

Other uses

BOLO Bolo may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Bolo, a fictional tribe in ''bolo'bolo'' by P.M. * Bolo, a character in the ''Shantae'' series * ''Bolo'' universe, a science fiction universe created by Keith Laumer * Prin ...

or all-points bulletin, in law enforcement *

Bolo (bread) ''Bolo'', also known as ''Bulu'', is a sweet, round bread of Sephardi Jewish origin which is commonly prepared by Tunisian Jews, Libyan Jews, and Italian Jews, among others, for the high holidays such as Rosh Hashanah Rosh HaShanah ( he, ר ...

, commonly prepared by Tunisian, Libyan, and Italian Jews *

Bolo (tether) Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions of the components of a large dispersed satellite/ spacecraft sensor system. Depending on ...

, a type of spinning space tether *

Bolo bat Paddle ball is a one-person game played with a paddle and an attached ball. Using the flat paddle with the small rubber ball attached at the center via an elastic string, the player tries to hit the ball with the paddle in succession as many tim ...

, a child's toy *

Bolo punch A bolo punch is a punch used in martial arts. The bolo punch is not among the traditional boxing punches (jab, uppercut, hook and cross). ''Bolo'' is a Filipino single-edged knife similar to the machete. The primary use for the bolo is clearing v ...

, a wide sweeping lower cut used in martial arts *

Bolo snake The Fiji snake (''Ogmodon vitianus''), also known as the Fiji cobra or Bolo snake, is a species of snake in the family Elapidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Ogmodon''. It is endemic to Fiji, found only on the island of Viti Levu, and ...

or Fiji snake (''Ogmodon vitianus''), an extremely rare snake found only in Fiji *

Bolo tie A bolo tie (sometimes bola tie or shoestring necktie) is a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips (called aiguillettes) and secured with an ornamental clasp or slide. Popularity In the United ...

, a decorative string tie * Bolo, a derogatory term for

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

* Bolo, a cake in

Portuguese cuisine The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled ''Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal'', from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. ''Culinária Portuguesa'', by António-Maria De O ...

* Bolo language, a Bantu language of Angola