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.
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.