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Marina

//məˈɹinə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -"

  2. 2
    Acronym of Maritime Industry Authority. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).

    "Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978"

  4. 4
    A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
  5. 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A harbour for small boats.

    "It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts."

  2. 2
    a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”), by way of Italian marina and Spanish marina.

Etymology 2

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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