Marghera

thumb|320px|Porto Marghera Marghera is a municipalità (borough) of the comune of Venice, Italy. It includes the industrial area known as Porto Marghera (English: Marghera Port) or Venezia Porto Marghera.

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Instance of: locality
Country: Italy
Located in: Venice
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Sede della municipalità di Marghera (Comune di Venezia).jpg

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Commons category: Marghera
postal code: 30175
inception: 1917-01-01

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==Etymology== The name Marghera is said in popular myth to come from Venetian dialectal "Mar gh' era," meaning "There was the sea"; the original form, however, was Mergaria, whose origin is unclear.

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