mako

M3A1K5O1
US/ˈmɑkoʊ/US/ˈmeɪkoʊ/UK/ˈmɑːkəʊ/

proper noun

A surname from Hungarian.

Similar
mako shark
OriginMāori makō →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

mako1

nounmako (plural makos)

plural makos

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of mako shark

Mako2

nounMako pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Maku (“Amazon peoples”).
proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Maku (“languages”).

Mako3

proper nounMako (plural Makos)

plural Makos

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpowerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific

Similar
mako shark
Broader
mackerel shark
Also see
mako shark

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

mako · noun

  1. Māorimakō“shark”
  2. Englishmako

Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).

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Mako · proper noun

  1. HungarianMakó
  2. EnglishMako

Borrowed from Hungarian Makó.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

amokmokaOmakKamoMoak
Cite this entry
APA

mako. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mako

MLA

“mako.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mako. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mako,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mako.

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