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Marin¹

Where it comes from

The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.

proper noun

  1. The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County). ‘But youʼre going down to Ventura and Marin to find out for sure?’

Marin²

Where it comes from

From Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin Marinus, from marinus.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Serbo-Croatian.

Marin³

proper noun

  1. A female given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sonoma, mari, seaman, mariner, seafarer, sailor, maritime, ocean, marine, sea, nautical, boatman, seabed, aquatic, saltwater, duffel

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"Marin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Marin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marin

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"Marin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marin.

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@misc{marin_2026,
  title = {Marin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}