close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

a staff or stick / a power pole / an electric or magnetic pole / a surveying pole, a ranging rod, traditionally round with alternating white and black bands

Pall / Paul / Paule / Poel / Pohl / Pol / Pole / Port (from French)

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

(sculpture) a totem pole

Saint Paul (the capital city of Minnesota) / Saint Paul (a parish of Antigua and Barbuda) / Saint Paul (a parish of Dominica)

St. Paul (a city in Iowa) / St. Paul (a city in Missouri) / St. Paul (a city in Nebraska) / St. Paul (a city in Alaska) / St. Paul (a city in Oregon)

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me