[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.472 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.472 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.472 - **Language:** English ### [c10.472](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.472) 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. - [Previous: c10.471](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.471) - [Next: c10.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.473) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.472](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.472) · Pramāṇa