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MARCO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: MAHR-ko (Italian, Spanish)   [key]

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK. During the Middle Ages this name was common in Venice, where Saint Mark was supposedly buried. A famous bearer was the Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who travelled across Asia to China in the 13th century.
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