Mariel

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A city and bay in northwest Cuba.
  3. 3
    The Mariel boatlift, when some 125,000 Cubans entered the United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who arrived in the US during the Mariel boatlift; a Marielito.

    "I happened to be in the coroner's office one morning when autopsies were being performed on the bodies of two Mariels, shot and apparently pushed from a car on I-95 about nine the evening before […]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mary + -el.

Etymology 2

From Mary + -el.

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