Commercial and naval port in W Croatia, on the Adriatic coast; A Roman naval base (Colonia Pietas Julia), it was seized by Venice 1148, passed to Austria 1815, to Italy 1919, to Yugoslavia 1947, and in 1991 became part of independent Croatia.
Ital. Pola, Hafenstadt in Kroatien, im S der Halbinsel Istrien, 50 000 Ew.; Reste eines röm. Triumphbogens, Amphitheater; Schiffbau u. vielseitige Ind.; Kriegs- u. Handelshafen.
The basic unit of money in Botswana.