Marco Polo

[mahr-koh poh-loh]

noun

1. Polo, Marco.

Marco Polo

/ ˈmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ /

noun

1. See Polo

Polo, Marco

1. An Italian explorer of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries; one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia. He visited the court of Kublai Khan (see “Kubla Khan” under “Literature in English”), the Mongol ruler of China, and became a government official in China. His account of his travels was distributed after his return to Italy.