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 Inc., 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)