Maroon

//məˈɹuːn//

Synonyms for "maroon" (404 found)

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Closest matches (81)

Adjective(1 words)
brownish-red

Strong matches (121)

Related words (202)

Noun(134 words)
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Verb(1 words)
strand

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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Translations

177 translations across 50 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • bruinrooi adj (color)

Arabic

1 entries
  • كَسْتَنَائِيّ noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Aukan

2 entries
  • busi nengee noun (runaway slave)
  • lowe nengee noun (runaway slave)

Berbice Creole Dutch

1 entries
  • mangiapu noun (runaway slave)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • кестеняв adj (color)
  • марон noun (runaway slave)
  • изоставям verb (to abandon)

Catalan

1 entries
  • negre cimarró noun (runaway slave)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 放逐 noun (castaway — see also castaway)
  • 栗色 noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • 流放 noun (castaway — see also castaway)

Danish

1 entries
  • maron noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bordeauxrood adj (color)
  • boslandcreools adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • marron adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • boslandcreool noun (runaway slave)

Finnish

4 entries
  • punaruskea adj (color)
  • maroni noun (runaway slave)
  • punaruskea noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • hylätä verb (to abandon)

French

4 entries
  • bordeaux adj (color)
  • marron adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • marron pourpré adj (color)
  • Bushinengué noun (runaway slave)

Galician

4 entries
  • brun adj (color)
  • fouveiro adj (color)
  • loureiro adj (color)
  • moretado adj (color)

Georgian

2 entries
  • წაბლისფერი adj (color)
  • წაბლისფერი noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

German

4 entries
  • Maroon adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • bordeauxrot adj (color)
  • der Maroons adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • kastanienbraun adj (color)

Greek

2 entries
  • καστανέρυθρος adj (color)
  • καστανέρυθρο noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • mawon noun (runaway slave)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בּוֹרְדּוֹ noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • עַרְמוֹנִי noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Hindi

4 entries
  • महरून adj (color)
  • मैरून adj (color)
  • महरून noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • मैरून noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bordóvörös adj (color)
  • gesztenyebarna noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • szökevény rabszolga noun (runaway slave)
  • vörösesbarna noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • dumbrauður adj (color)
  • rauðbrúnn adj (color)
  • dumbrauður noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • rauðbrúnn noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • merah marun adj (color)
  • marun noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Italian

4 entries
  • fulvo adj (color)
  • granate adj (color)
  • rossastro adj (color)
  • bordeaux noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 栗色の adj (color)
  • 栗色 noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Javanese

1 entries
  • abang marun adj (color)

Kari'na

4 entries
  • typanakaraije adj (associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples)
  • Juka pono noun (runaway slave)
  • nekara noun (runaway slave)
  • tuwarimpo noun (runaway slave)

Korean

1 entries
  • 밤색 noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kaštoninė adj (color)
  • kaštoninė noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Lokono

4 entries
  • balalashi noun (runaway slave)
  • kateme noun (runaway slave)
  • khareme noun (runaway slave)
  • konokhodo noun (runaway slave)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • бордо noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • volontsokola adj (color)

Malay

2 entries
  • jahang noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • merah tua noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Maltese

1 entries
  • marun adj (color)

Maroon Spirit Language

1 entries
  • yengkungku noun (runaway slave)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • элгэн хүрэн adj (color)
  • элгэн хүрэн өнгө noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakamahue verb (to abandon)

Navajo

2 entries
  • diłhiłgo łichííʼ adj (color)
  • diłhiłgo łichííʼ noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • ґестиньови noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Persian

2 entries
  • بلوطی adj (color)
  • بلوطی noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Polish

2 entries
  • barwa kasztanowa adj (color)
  • kasztanowa adj (color)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • castanha adj (color)
  • castanho adj (color)
  • bordô noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • quilombola noun (runaway slave)

Romanian

3 entries
  • maro adj (color)
  • maro noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • naufragiat noun (castaway — see also castaway)

Russian

4 entries
  • тёмно-бордо́вый adj (color)
  • бордо́вый noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • изго́й noun (castaway — see also castaway)
  • маро́н noun (runaway slave)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tvrdnúť verb (to abandon)

Spanish

4 entries
  • castaño adj (color)
  • bordó noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • burdeos noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • castaño noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Sranan Tongo

4 entries
  • busikrioro noun (runaway slave)
  • businengre noun (runaway slave)
  • lowenengre noun (runaway slave)
  • maron noun (runaway slave)

Swedish

4 entries
  • vinröd adj (color)
  • bordeaux noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • strandsatt person noun (castaway — see also castaway)
  • vinröd noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Thai

4 entries
  • เลือดนก adj (color)
  • เลือดหมู adj (color)
  • เลือดนก noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
  • เลือดหมู noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bordo adj (color)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • nâu hạt dẻ adj (color)
  • nâu sẫm adj (color)
  • nâu hạt dẻ noun (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Wayana

1 entries
  • meikolo noun (runaway slave)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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If the large maroon turtleneck is too big, do you have it in medium?

Source: tatoeba (4478376)

Further north a Maroon community in the Bahoruco Mountains thrived for eighty-five years, until the French proposed a truce under the terms of which the Maroons would be permitted to form an independent clan.

Source: wiktionary

Joining others who had escaped before them, they formed communities of Maroons in which many traditional African customs and social mores were preserved.

Source: wiktionary

In her discussion of Michelle Cliff's Abeng, a novel that historicizes maroon culture and the Jamaican warrior heroine Nanny of the Maroons, Francoise Lionnet examines linguistic “metissage” […]

Source: wiktionary

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