The word may also refer to one of the following.
At first the word referred to an organization or social system.
The word can also refer to the Nation or global community.
In this sense the word probably refers to the playing ground on which the game is played.
The word may also refer to the music for such a dance.
Before that, the word could refer only to children too young to attend school.
The word refers both to the plant and the fruit.
Literally, the word refers to a choice between two different things.
The word may refer to the crowd that forms, or to the process of coming together.