Marco Polo

marco polo marcopolo Marcopolo English <dab!> Alternative forms game en marco polo Marcopolo marcopolo Etymology After en Marco Polo (1254–1324), Venetian merchant, whose travels were documented in a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. The en it - name is from en la Marcus + la Paulus. Pronunciation en /ˈmɑɹkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/ en en-us-marco polo.ogg US Noun ~ en countable A renowned traveler. en 2004 Ross E. Dunn The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the fourteenth century 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=Js8qHFVw2gEC&pg=PA5&dq=the-Marco-Polo-of 5 Ibn Battuta has inevitably been compared with him and has usually taken second prize as "the Marco Polo of the Muslim world" or "the Marco Polo of the tropics" en March 6 2007 w:Julie Rutterford Life on Mars Season 2, Episode 3 Gene Hunt: Come on, then, Marco Polo. Which way?Sam Tyler: [consulting a blueprint] It's this way. en uncountable games A hunting gameusually played in a swimming poolwhere the seeker moves with closed eyes or blindfolded, finding the other players by calling "Marco" and reacting to the other players' replies of "Polo". en Marco marco Polo polo en eponyms