Maritime meaning

măr'ĭ-tīm'
On, near, or living near the sea.

Maritime provinces, a maritime people.

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Of, relating to, or adjacent to the sea.
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Of or relating to marine shipping or navigation.
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Of or resembling a mariner.
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Of or relating to sea navigation, shipping, etc.

Maritime law.

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Characteristic of sailors; nautical.
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Of the relatively wet air or climate associated with large bodies of water.
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Related to the sea or sailing.

I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.

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Bordering on the sea.

The maritime states.

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Living near or in the sea.

Maritime animals.

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Of or relating to a mariner or sailor.
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The definition of maritime is something nautical or related to the sea.

The body of laws that set the rules for commerce that takes place on oceans and seas are an example of maritime laws.

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Origin of maritime

Latin maritimus from mare mari- sea mori- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • This is specially the case with the maritime ports.

  • Plants of sand-dunes, whether in maritime or inland e.

  • The narrow strip of coast-land between the Maritime Alps, the Apennines and the sea—called in ancient times Liguria, and now known as the Riviera of Genoa—is throughout its extent, from Nice to Genoa on the one side, and from Genoa to Spezia on the other, almost wholly mountainous.

  • The forces of the powers shortly afterwards occupied Candia and the other maritime towns, while the international fleet blockaded the Cretan coast.

  • One important object of English maritime adventurers of those days was to discover a route to Cathay by the north-west, a second was to settle Virginia, and a third was to raid the Spanish settlements in the West Indies.

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