Mary Jane
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Mary Jane¹
proper noun
- A female given name.
Mary Jane²
Where it comes from
Calque of Spanish María Juana.
Mary Jane³
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark, named after a character in the Buster Brown comic strip with this name, licensed by the shoe manufacturer.
noun Mary Janes
- A type of shoe, usually for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle. [Tony] Zanetta continued: “They found a common ground in David’s [Bowie] shoes. David was wearing yellow Mary Janes and Andy [Warhol] had been a shoe illustrator, which David knew so they began talking about shoes. Otherwise, it was not the greatest meeting [laughs]^([sic]).”
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name double given name
| Español | María Juana |
|---|---|
| Português | Maria Joana |
| Français | Marie-Jeanne |
noun slang for marijuana
| Português | Maria Joana, Mary Jane |
|---|---|
| Français | Marie-Jeanne |
| Deutsch | Marihuana, Gras, Mary Jane |
| Italiano | Maria Giovanna |
| Română | Maria Ioana |
noun type of shoe
| Español | mercedita |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메리 제인 meri jein |
| 日本語 | メリージェーン Merījēn |
| 中文 | 瑪麗珍鞋 /玛丽珍鞋 Mǎlì-Zhēn xié |
| Français | baby |
| Deutsch | Spangenschuh |
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title = {Mary Jane},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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