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Marcia
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marcia marcía marcià Márcia
English
Alternative forms
en Marsha
Etymology
From en la Marcia, feminine form of la Marcius, a derivative of la Marcus, ultimately from la Mārs, the god of war.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑɹʃə/ GA
en /ˈmɑːʃə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Marcia.wav Southern England
en ɑː(ɹ)ʃə 2
en Mar cia
Proper noun
en female Latin.
en Ella Nilsen, Andrew Freedman Scientists launch coordinated response to Trump’s attempt to wipe credible climate research off the record w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/climate/scientists-respond-trump-report 2025-08-08 “Decades of climate research and data have yielded expanded understanding of how greenhouse gases affect the climate,” NAS president Marcia McNutt said in a statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20260207211553/https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/climate/scientists-respond-trump-report 7 February 2026
References
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
Latin
Etymology
la :from<text:feminine form of> Mārcius 1 +
Proper noun
Mārcia<1.both> Mārcius
f
Declension
Mārcia<1.both>