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POI

POI

1 6.1
A marked place on a map that people may want to visit, like a museum or restaurant
  • noun
  • /piː oʊ aɪ/
  • Specialized
: punto de interés
  • The map showed several hiking trails, each marked as a POI for outdoor enthusiasts.

Examples

  • You can find many historical landmarks listed as a POI on the navigation app.

  • Please say the POI name or address you want to find the Downy Flake Nantucket.

  • And of course, POI (Points of Interest) are included.

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  • Meanwhile, POI is back.

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  • We have one POI.

    End of Watch (2012)

  • Before heading out, make sure to save the restaurant's address as a POI for easy access later.

Synonyms

place
vsPOI
∞ 1.0

A particular area where something is or should be

is a specific marked spot chosen for interest not just any area
landmark
vsPOI
88 3.5

An easy to see object used to find or show a place

is a mapped location highlighted for user interest rather than only a reference

How Notable

landmark
88 3.5
POI
  • Specialized
1 6.1
site
∞ 1.2
location
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

POI singular
POIs plural

Morphology

POI = point + interest (semi-transparent) = P + O + I

The form 'POI' is an initialism of 'point of interest' so the relation to the base words is direct but the acronym form itself may not be guessable without knowing the expansion. [Postprocessing: moved 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

POI is short for Point of Interest, which simply means a 'point' on a map that is 'interesting' or useful to people. Think of a small pin marking a museum, park, or café; that pin is a POI, so a POI is any place on a map worth noticing.