Marina
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A harbour for small boats.
"It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts."
- 2 a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers wordnet
- 1 A female given name from Latin.
"My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -"
- 2 Acronym of Maritime Industry Authority. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).
"Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978"
- 4 A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
- 5 A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.
"As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate."
Example
More examples"For years Marina had been inspecting houses."
Etymology
From Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”), by way of Italian marina and Spanish marina.
Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Marīa.
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