Marco Polo

American  

[mahr-koh poh-loh] / ˈmɑr koʊ ˈpoʊ loʊ /

noun

1. Polo, Marco.

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Marco Polo British  

/ ˈmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ /

noun

1. See Polo

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Polo, Marco Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

In Hangzhou, once the capital of Song China, Marco Polo observed markets linked by canals and warehouses that “supply them with every article that could be desired.”

From The Wall Street Journal

We have this Marco Polo group thread and I was like, “Dude, what is the process like of deciding what you take? What are the things that you absolutely want to hold on to?”

From Los Angeles Times

I played Marco Polo in the pool with the Persian kids.

From Los Angeles Times

In January 2013, a Montana livestock worker returned to the United States from Kyrgyzstan hiding tissue from a Marco Polo argali sheep, one of the largest in the world, federal prosecutors said.

From New York Times

The embryos were later implanted in a ewe, resulting in a pure Marco Polo argali sheep that Schubert named “Montana Mountain King,” the documents show.

From Seattle Times