marina

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marina¹

  • /məˈɹinə/

Rhymes with -iːnə

Where it comes from

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

noun marinas

  1. A harbour for small boats. It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.

Marina²

  • /məˈɹiːnə/

Sounds like marina

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin. My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -
  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina). Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978
  3. A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
  4. 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.

MARINA³

proper noun

  1. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Maritime Industry Authority

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dockyard, seafaring, nautical, yacht, naval, maritime, harbour, port, navy, jetty, marine, shipping, beach, sea, aquatic, ocean

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noun harbour

Españolpuerto deportivo
Portuguêsmarina
Françaisport de plaisance, marina
DeutschJachthafen, Bootshafen, Marina, Wasserwanderrastplatz
Italianoporticciolo, marina, porticciolo turistico, darsena
Ελληνικάμαρίνα marína, λιμανάκι limanáki
Русскийприча́л pričál
עבריתמַעֲגָנָה ma'aganá

name female given name

EspañolMarina
한국어마리나
日本語マリナ marina, まりな marina, 満里奈 marina, マリーナ Marīna
हिन्दीमरीना marīnā
PortuguêsMarina
FrançaisMarine
DeutschMarina
ItalianoMarina
ΕλληνικάΜαρίνα Marína
RomânăMarina
РусскийМари́на Marína
العربيةمارينا
עבריתמרינה

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@misc{marina_2026,
  title = {marina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}