Bolo may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Bolo, in the ''Bolo'' universe, the name of sentient supertanks * An enemy in the ''Dick Tracy'' series * Bolo, a character in the ''

Shantae ''Shantae'' is a series of platform video games developed by American independent video game developer and publisher WayForward. The eponymous heroine of the series was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created by her husband Matt Bo ...

'' series * Prince Bolo, a character in '' Haroun and the Sea of Stories'' * Bolo, a fictional community in the novel ''

bolo'bolo ''bolo'bolo'' is a 1983 book by P.M., a pseudonym for Hans Widmer, in which he outlines a plan for utopia. Synopsis The opening of ''bolo'bolo'' describes and criticizes the current world, called the Planetary Work Machine, which the work d ...

'', a 1983 book by Hans Widmer

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 (, , , , , , , , , ) is a general term for traditional History of the Philippines (900–1565), pre-colonial small- to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function both as tools and weapons. Bolos are ...

, a Filipino knife similar to the machete *

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

, a type of specialty shotgun shell *

Douglas B-18 Bolo The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American twin-engined medium 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 Airc ...

, 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 o ...

, 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 20 ...

semi-automatic pistol

People

* Bolo (footballer) (born 1974), Spanish footballer *

Bolo (prince) Bolo (Manchu: ''Bolo''; 1613 – 23 April 1652), formally known as Prince Duanzhong, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty, as the third son of Abatai. Life Bol ...

(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 General (United Kingdom), 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 Wor ...

(1898–1963), British general of the Second World War nicknamed "Bolo" and "Private Bolo" *

Bolo Yeung Yeung Sze (; born February 7, 1946), better known as Bolo Yeung, is a Hong Kong former competitive bodybuilder, martial artist, and actor. Primarily known for playing villains in action and martial arts films, he is regarded as one of the most i ...

(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) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, th ...

Bolo, Ethiopia Bolo (Amharic "valley, trench") is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa 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 Bolo was importan ...

, a village in Ethiopia *

Bolo River Bolo may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Bolo, in the ''Bolo'' universe, the name of sentient supertanks * An enemy in the ''Dick Tracy'' series * Bolo, a character in the ''Shantae'' series * Prince Bolo, a charac ...

, 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 Exte ...

, a township in Tibet *

Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois Bolo Township is located in Washington County, Illinois, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 ...

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

Other uses

* BOLO, or "be on (the) lookout", an

all-points bulletin An all-points bulletin (APB) is an electronic information broadcast sent from one sender to a group of recipients, to rapidly communicate an important message.Reiter, E. (1970). Police strive to provide protection machines lend valuable assist ...

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 and for other special occasio ...

, 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 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 (boxing), hook and Cross (boxing), cross). ''Bolo knife, Bolo'' is a Filipino single-edged knife similar to the machete ...

, 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 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, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ...

* Bolo, a cake in

Portuguese cuisine Portuguese cuisine () consists of the traditions and practices of cooking in Portugal. The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled ''Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal'', from the 16th century, describes many popular dish ...

Bolo language Bolo, also known as Ngoya and Kibala, is a Bantu language of Angola that is closely related to Kimbundu Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South ...

, a Bantu language of Angola