Poly

Poly, from the Greek 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
• Poly Ugarte (born 1959), Ecuadorian politician
• Poly Varghese (born 1972), Indian musician

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, 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)
• Polygon (disambiguation)