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 Natalia Sergeevna Polevshchikova (; born 12 July 1985), known professionally as Natasha Poly, is a Russian model. Since 2004, Poly has appeared in high-fashion advertisement campaigns, magazine covers, and on runways. Poly established herself a ...

(born 1985), stage name of Russian supermodel Natalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova *

Poly Styrene Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was recognized as rock's original Riot grrrl, t ...

(1957–2011), stage name of British musician Marianne Joan Elliott-Said

Polytechnic

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU or HKPU) is a public research university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded in 1937 a ...

, 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 ''The Rensselaer Polytechnic'' is the student-run news organization of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the ...

'', 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) A polytechnic was a tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales () and Northern Ireland offering higher diplomas, undergraduate degree and postgraduate education (masters and PhD) that was governed and administered at the national le ...

, type of tertiary educational institution

Other uses

Poly (website) Poly was a website created by Google for users to browse, distribute, and download 3D objects. It was launched in 2017 and intended to allow creators to easily share and access 3D objects. It featured a free library containing thousands of 3D o ...

, 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 Polyamory () is the practice of, or the desire for, romantic relationships with more than one partner at the same time, with the informed consent of all partners involved. Some people who identify as polyamorous believe in consensual non-mon ...

, often shortened to poly, as in 'poly relationship' *

Polyethylene Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. It is a polymer, primarily used for packaging (plastic bags, plastic films, geomembranes and containers including bott ...

, often shortened to poly, as in 'poly gloves' *

Polyspheric The Polyspheric engines were V8 engines produced by Chrysler from 1955 to 1958 as lower-cost alternatives to its ''Hemi'' engines. These engines were based on the ''Hemi'' engines, using the same blocks and crankshaft parts, but completely diffe ...

or Poly, lower-cost V8 engines produced by Chrysler from 1955 to 1958 *

Storm Poly Storm Poly, also known as or Cyclone Poly, was an extremely violent European windstorm which affected Benelux, Germany, and the United Kingdom during July 2023. The thirty-seventh windstorm of the 2022–23 European windstorm season, Poly was nam ...

, a

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclone, cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak ...

in 2023

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