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 weapons ...

, a Filipino knife similar to the machete *

Bolo Shell A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small pellet-like spherical sub-pro ...

, a type of specialty shotgun shell *

Douglas B-18 Bolo The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company ...

, 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) (born 1974), Spanish footballer * Bolo (prince) (1613–1652), Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty *

Bolo Pasha Bolo Pasha, originally named Paul Bolo, (24 September 1867, Marseilles – 17 April 1918, Vincennes) was a Frenchman who was a Levantine financier, traitor, and a German agent. ''The New York Times'' wrote that he "circumnavigated the globe, engage ...

(born Paul Bolo, 1867–1918), French adventurer and German agent of the First World War *

Lashmer Whistler General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler, (3 September 1898 – 4 July 1963), known as "Bolo", was a British Army officer who served in both the world wars. A junior officer during the First World War, during the Second World War he achieved senior ...

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 Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to ...

Bolo, Ethiopia Bolo (Amharic language, Amharic "valley, trench") is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shoa Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1891 meters above sea level. Overview The market in Bol ...

, a village in Ethiopia *

Bolo River 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 ...

, a river in Romania *

Bolo, Tibet Bolo () is a town in and the seat of Gonjo County, eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, Western China. Wu Zhenhua (武振华), Xizang Diming (西藏地名; Place Names in Tibet), p.46, Chinese Zangxue Press (中国藏学出版社) 1996, Notes E ...

, 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 or all-points bulletin, in law enforcement * Bolo (bread), 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 t ...

, 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 ti ...

, 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 clearin ...

, 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 Viti L ...

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 * Bolo language, a Bantu language of Angola