Marco

Italian explorer's name

Marco is a male given name, the Italian and Spanish form of Mark.

In American culture, Marco is inseparable from the swimming pool game Marco Polo, where a blindfolded player calls Marco! and others must respond Polo! —a call-and-response that has become shorthand for searching blindly or calling out to locate someone.

explorer

Venice

Lagoon city, northeastern Italy

Kublai Khan · traveler · caravan · spices · trade · Orient · journey · Cathay · memoir · medieval

polo

shout

Loud vocal outburst

response · echo · swimming · poolside · blindfold · tag · game · children · summer · playful

name

Italian

Of or from Rome's country

Latin · European · surname · given name · baptismal · Roman · heritage · Mediterranean

Categories
Opposites
call-and-response game

Marcoresponse

Answer to stimulus

hiders

marco polo game call-response

Marcopolo

Mounted mallet sport

famous marcos vs. contrasting figures

MarcoColumbus

Ohio's seat of government

Magellan

Phrases
Family

March, Mark, Marconi, Marcus, Marc, Marcel

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G