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Poly, from the Greek πολύς meaning "many" or "much", may refer to:


Businesses

* China Poly Group Corporation, a Chinese business group, and its subsidiaries: ** Poly Property, a Hong Kong incorporated Chinese property developer ** Poly Real Estate, a Chinese real estate developer ** Poly Technologies, a defense manufacturing company * Poly (company), formerly Polycom, an American communications technology company


People

* Poly (footballer) (1906-1986), full name Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer * Natasha Poly (born 1985), stage name of Russian supermodel Natalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova * Poly Styrene (1957–2011), stage name of British musician Marianne Joan Elliott-Said


Polytechnic

* Hong Kong Polytechnic University, locally known as Poly * Polytechnic Heights, Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood locally known as Poly * Polytechnic Institute of NYU (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering), locally known as Poly * '' The Rensselaer Polytechnic'', also known as ''The Poly'', the student newspaper of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York *
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (commonly known as The Poly) is an educational, cultural and scientific Charitable organization#United Kingdom, charity, as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, Unite ...
, a UK charity commonly known as "The Poly" * Informal term for a Polytechnic (United Kingdom), type of tertiary educational institution


Other uses

* Poly (website), a website by Google * Polynesian, often shortened to poly, as in ‘Poly people are also called “Pasifika” or “Tangata Moana” (people of the ocean)’ * Polyamory, often shortened to poly, as in 'poly relationship' * Polyethylene, often shortened to poly, as in 'poly gloves' * Polyspheric or Poly, lower-cost V8 engines produced by Chrysler from 1955 to 1958 * Storm Poly, a European windstorm in 2023


See also

* Poly-1, a 1980s desktop computer designed in New Zealand for educational use * Warren CP-1, also called Miss Poly, a 1929 aircraft built by engineering students at California Polytechnic College * * * Polly (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, given name, surname