Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.472

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1877.—“This bunder is of comparatively recent date. Its name ‘Apollo’ is an English corruption of the native word *Pallow* (fish), and it was probably not extended and brought into use for passenger traffic till the year 1819. . . .”—*Maclean, Guide to Bombay*, 167. The last work adds a note: “Sir Michael Westropp gives a different derivation. . . . : Polo, a corruption of *Pálwa*, derived from *Pál*, which *inter alia* means a fighting vessel, by which kind of craft the locality was probably frequented. From *Pálwa* or *Pálwar*, the bunder now called Apollo is supposed to take its name. In the memorial of a grant of land, dated 5th Dec., 1743, the *pákhádé* in question is called *Pallo*.”—*High Court Reports*, iv. pt. 3.