Meanings
kolo1
nounkolo (plural kolos)
plural kolos
- 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
kolo2
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*kolo“wheel”
- Slovenekolo
- Serbo-Croatiankolo
- Englishkolo
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).
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Hungarian kóló
- kólónational folk dance
Polish kolo
- kolonational folk dance
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APA
kolo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolo
MLA
“kolo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kolo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolo.
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