Marina meaning

mə-rē'nə
A harbour for small boats.

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

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A female given name.
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A small harbor or boat basin where dockage, supplies, fuel, etc. are provided for small pleasure craft.
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A waterside facility that has docks, moorings, supplies, and other facilities for small boats.
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Origin of marina

  • Italian Spanish seashore from feminine of marino belonging to the sea from Latin marīnus marine
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marina, probably a feminine form of Marinus, from marinus (“of the sea"), or a variant of Maria.
    From Wiktionary
  • Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine"), by way of Italian and Spanish marina.
    From Wiktionary

Marina Sentence Examples

  • In associating St Pelagia with St Marina, St Margaret, and others, of whom either the name or the legend recalls Pelagia, Hermann Usener has endeavoured to show by a series of subtle deductions that this saint is only a Christian travesty of Aphrodite.

  • Oliver (Madrid, 1876-1880); and Antigua marina catalana, by F.

  • The sea-otter (Enhydris marina) has been destroyed.

  • of Catanzaro Marina on the east coast, and 20 m.

  • coast, with picturesque Spanish fortifications, constructed in 1602 by Philip III.; Rio dell' Elba and Rio Marina, both on the E.

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