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Marco¹

  • /ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊ

Where it comes from

From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).

proper noun Marcos

  1. A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark. Marco mainly sells his clothes online.
  2. A male given name from Italian.
  3. A male given name from Portuguese.
  4. A male given name from Spanish.

Marco²

  • /ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊ

Where it comes from

From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Marcus.

interjection

  1. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo.

marco³

Where it comes from

From Marco in the game Marco Polo.

interjection

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Marco

marco⁴

Where it comes from

From Portuguese and Spanish marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”). Compare Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), which likely influenced the Romance development. See also Old English marc, Old Norse mǫrk.

noun marcos

  1. historical A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.

    Similar: Spanish mark, mark, half-pound, Portuguese mark

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marcos, colin, marko, marcia, gutierrez, aegis, marc, scope, background, ambit, connection, landmark, environment, brand, d-mark, deutschmark

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@misc{marco_2026,
  title = {marco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}