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marina

noun

  1. a harbor for leisure craft such as yachts and motor cruisers, usually purpose-built with servicing facilities
  2. a harbor for leisure craft such as yachts and motor cruisers, usually purpose-built with servicing facilities
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /məˈɹiːnə/ / /məˈɹinə/

name

Etymology: 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.

  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.”

noun

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

  1. A harbour for small boats.

    “It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.”

    “The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.”