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marcos

marcos is the plural of marco.

Meaning of marco

Noun

marco (plural 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.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish mark, mark, half-pound, Portuguese mark

See all 6 meanings of marco

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Marcos

Marcos (plural Marcoses)

  1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark.
    • Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times
  2. A surname.
    • The redtagging of bookstores, to me, is a sign of a growing push by certain elements in our society to promote ignorance and turn the public against education. The line being pushed by the “Marcotards” is that Tiktok and YouTube videos peddled by pseudo-historians who offer a blatantly favorable...2022 April 1, James Veloso, “Smart Shaming”, in Opinyon

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Marcos

Marcos

  1. (plural) plural of Marco

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Marcos

Marcos

  1. A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines (named after Mariano Marcos)
  2. A barangay of Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
  4. Former name of Sabañgan (a barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines)

Forms of marcos

pluralMarcoses

Origin of marcos

From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).

Either named after various members of the Marcos family, or derived from Spanish Marcos, referring to Saint Mark.

Phrases with marcos

Questions about marcos

What does marcos mean?
Marcos means a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark.
What is marcos the plural of?
Marcos is the plural of marco.
What part of speech is marcos?
Marcos is a proper noun.

Words near marcos in the dictionary

  1. marcophilists
  2. marcophily
  3. marcopinocytosis
  4. marcopolo
  5. marcor
  6. marcos
  7. Marcos Highway
  8. Marcoses
  9. Marcosian
  10. Marcosians
  11. marcot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marcos (page history and authors); Marcos (page history and authors); marco (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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