Marco Polo

Mar·co Po·lo

 (mär′kō pō′lō)

See Marco Polo.

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Marco Polo

(ˈmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ)

n

(Biography) See Polo

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po•lo

(ˈpoʊ loʊ)

n., pl. -los.

1. a game played on horseback between two teams of four players each, who score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal with a long-handled mallet.

2. any game broadly resembling this, esp. water polo.

3. polo shirt.

[1835–45; < Balti (Tibetan language of Kashmir): ball]

po′lo•ist, n.

Po•lo

(ˈpoʊ loʊ)

n.

Marco, c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.

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Marco Polo - Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) Polo

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