Marco Polo
English
/mɑɹkoʊ poʊloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A renowned traveler.
- (uncountable) A game played (usually in a swimming pool) where one person runs or swims around blindly yelling "Marco" and everyone else must respond with "Polo" while the person who is "it" tries to locate them.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Marcus.
Origin
Latin
Marcus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Marcus English
- Mark English
- Markus Finnish
- Marcus Latin
- Mārs Latin
- Markus German
- Marco Italian
- Mark Dutch, Flemish
- Marc French
- Марк Russian
- Marcos Spanish, Castilian
- Marcus Swedish
- Markus Swedish
- Marcus Old English
- Marcas Irish
- Markus Danish
- Marc Catalan, Valencian
- Marks Latvian
- Markus Faroese
- Markys Manx
- Mark Albanian
- Markus Estonian
- Marcos Asturian
- Marcus Norwegian
- Markus Norwegian
- Μᾶρκος grc-koi