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San Marino
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Sanmarīno San-Marino San Mariño
English
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Etymology
From en it San Marino Saint Marinus.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsæn məˈɹiː.nəʊ/ RP
en /ˌsan məˈɹɪjnəw/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-San Marino.wav SSB
en /ˌsæn məˈɹi.noʊ/ US
en en-us-San Marino.ogg US
en /ˌsæn məˈɹiːnəʉ/ AU
en /ˌsɛn məˈɹiːnɐʉ/ NZ
en /ˌsan məˈɾi.no/ Scotland
en /ˌsan məˈɾiːnoː/ Wales,non-toe-tow
sǎn mə-rē′nō sän mä-rē′nôSan Marino 1678 3 sǎn′ mə-rē′nōSan Ma·ri·no 682 1
Proper noun
1
en Q238 en landlocked microstate r/Southern Europe located within the borders of Italy Republic of San Marino.
en Q1848 en capital city c/San Marino.
en Q850869 en city co/Los Angeles County s/California c/US cont/North America.
Derived terms
en San Marinan
en San Marinese, en Sanmarinese
Related terms
en Sammarinese
Translations
landlocked microstate Q238
Afrikaans: af San Marino
Arabic: ar سَان مَارِينُو f
Hijazi Arabic: acw سان مارينو f san marīno
Armenian: hy Սան Մարինո
Asturian: ast San Marín
Bashkir: ba Сан-Марино
Basque: eu San Marino
Belarusian: be Сан-Мары́на f
Bengali: bn সান মারিনো
Breton: br San Marino
Burmese: my ဆန်မာရီနို
Catalan: ca San Marino m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 聖馬力諾
Mandarin: cmn 聖馬力諾 Shèng-Mǎlìnuò
Corsican: co San Marinu m
Czech: cs San Marino n
Danish: da San Marino n
Dutch: nl San Marino n
Esperanto: eo Sanmarino
Estonian: et San Marino
Faroese: fo San Marino n
Finnish: fi San Marino
French: fr Saint-Marin m
Galician: gl San Mariño m
Georgian: ka სან-მარინო
German: de San Marino n
Greek: el Άγιος Μαρίνος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἅγιος Μαρῖνος m
Gujarati: gu સાન મેરિનો
Hausa: ha San Marino
Hebrew: he סַן מָרִינוֹ san marino
Hindi: hi सैन मैरिनो m
Hungarian: hu San Marino
Ido: io San-Marino
Interlingua: ia San Marino
Irish: ga San Mairíne m
Italian: it San Marino m
Japanese: ja サン・マリノ San-Marino
Kazakh: kk Сан-Марино
Khmer: km សានម៉ារីណូ
Korean: ko ^산마리노, ko ^싼마리노 North Korea
Lao: lo ແຊັງມາແລງ, lo ຊັງມາລີໂນ
Latin: la Sanctus Marinus m
Latvian: lv Sanmarīno m
Ligurian: lij San Marin
Lithuanian: lt San Marinas m
Macedonian: mk Сан Мари́но n
Maltese: mt San Marino
Norman: nrf Saint Mathîn m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb San Marino
Nynorsk: nn San Marino n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira سَن مارینو san mârino, fa-ira سانمارینو sân-mârino
Polish: pl San Marino n
Portuguese: pt San Marino m, pt São Marinho m, pt São Marino m
Romagnol: rgn San Marën, San Maroin, rgn San Marën
Romanian: ro San Marino
Russian: ru Сан-Мари́но f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̏н Мари̑но m
Latin: sh Sȁn Marȋno m
Silesian: szl San Marino n
Slovak: sk San Maríno n
Slovene: sl San Marino
Spanish: es San Marino m
Swedish: sv San Marino n
Tagalog: tl San Marino
Thai: th ซานมารีโน
Turkish: tr San Marino
Ukrainian: uk Сан-Мари́но f
Urdu: ur سان مارِینو m
Vietnamese: vi Xan Ma-ri-nô
Volapük: vo Sanmarinän
Yoruba: yo Sani Marino
capital city Q1848
Afrikaans: af San Marino
Armenian: hy Սան Մարինո
Asturian: ast San Marín
Basque: eu San Marino
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 聖馬力諾 Shèng-Mǎlìnuò
Corsican: co San Marinu m
Danish: da San Marino
Dutch: nl San Marino
Esperanto: eo San-Marino
Estonian: et San Marino
Finnish: fi San Marino
French: fr Saint-Marin m
Georgian: ka სან-მარინო
Greek: el Άγιος Μαρίνος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἁγιομαρινούπολις f
Hungarian: hu San Marino
Ido: io San-Marino
Japanese: ja サン・マリノ San-Marino
Latin: la Marinum m
Macedonian: mk Сан Мари́но
Maltese: mt San Marino
Norman: nrf Saint Mathîn m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb San Marino
Nynorsk: nn San Marino
Occitan: oc Sant Marin m
Polish: pl San Marino n
Portuguese: pt San Marino f
Romanian: ro San Marino
Russian: ru Сан-Мари́но m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̏н Мари̑но m
Latin: sh Sȁn Marȋno m
Silesian: szl San Marino n
Slovene: sl San Marino
Thai: th ซานมารีโน
Turkish: tr San Marino
Urdu: ur سان مارِینو m
Vietnamese: vi Xan Ma-ri-nô
See also
Countries of the world
References
Anagrams
en aaimnnors Romanians anamorsin
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
San Marino
af San Marino Q238,Q1848
Derived terms
af San Marinees
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-San Marino.wav>
Proper noun
in
eu San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu sanmarinoar
See also
Further reading
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Catalan
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-San Marino.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m San Marino
ca San Marino Q238,Q1848
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch San Marino Q238,Q1848
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn San Marino Q238,Q1848
Crimean Tatar
crh:
Proper noun
crh proper noun
crh San Marino Q238,Q1848
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
cs Cs-San Marino.ogg
Proper noun
n 1 sanmarinský Sanmariňan
cs San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
n.sg
See also
Further reading
Danish
da:
Proper noun
da San Marino Q238,Q1848
See also
Dutch
nl:
Pronunciation
nl /ˌsɑn maːˈri.noː/ /ˌsɑ.maːˈri.noː/
nl Nl-San Marino.oga
Proper noun
n 1 San Marinees San Marinees San Marinese
nl San Marino Q238,Q1848
See also
Estonian
et:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San Marino San Marino San Marinot
et San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
San Marino sg
See also
References
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi it San Marino.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San Marino
fi San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
sg San Marin o a
Derived terms
fi sanmarinolainen
See also
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-San Marino.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym 1
de San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de San-Marinese
de san-marinesisch
See also
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
szanmarinó
hu
hu noː
hu San Ma ri no
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
San Marinó o sgSan Marinó sg
Derived terms
hu San Marinó-i
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id it San Marino Saint Marinus.
Proper noun
id San Marino Q238,Q1848
Noun
San Marinese, Sammarinese
Adjective
San Marinese, Sammarinese
See also
Italian
it:
Proper noun
m
it San Marino Q238,Q1848
Derived terms
it sammarinese, it sanmarinese
Descendants
ja 1 サンマリノ San Marino
See also
Japanese
Romanization
San Marino
サンマリノ
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of San Marino.
thumb|The location of San Marino in Europe.
thumb|The Guaita fortress and the city of San Marino on Monte Titano.
Etymology
nb, based on Italian it San Marino San Marino, literally “Saint Marinus”, from it san saint, a short form of it santo saint, + the personal name it Marino Marinus. The country is named after Saint Marinus, who according to tradition founded a Christian community on Monte Titano in the fourth century.
The first element is ultimately from nb la sanctus holy; saint. The personal name it Marino continues Latin la Marīnus Marinus, a nominalisation of la marīnus of the sea, marine, from la mare sea.
Parallel international forms include nn San Marino, da San Marino, sv San Marino, de San Marino, nl San Marino, es San Marino, pt San Marino, ro San Marino and en San Marino.
Pronunciation
nb /¹san maˈriː.nu/ [san maˈɾìː.nʊ]
nb iːnu 4
nb San Ma ri no
Proper noun
nb proper noun 1
San Marino; nb country in r/Southern Europe San Marino, an enclave entirely surrounded by Italy.
nb San Marino er helt omgitt av Italia. San Marino is entirely surrounded by Italy.
nb 25 June 2026 Geir Lima San Marino Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/San_Marino San Marino er et land i Sør-Europa, i Appenninene, omsluttet av Italia. San Marino is a country in Southern Europe, in the Apennines, surrounded by Italy. https://web.archive.org/web/20260906091615/https://snl.no/San_Marino 6 September 2026
San Marino; nb city and national capital of c/San Marino, situated on the slopes of Monte Titano.
nb Hovedstaden San Marino ligger på Monte Titano. The capital city of San Marino lies on Monte Titano.
nb 21 February 2025 Geir Lima San Marino – by Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/San_Marino_-_by San Marino er hovedstaden i San Marino, og ligger i skråningen av det 739 meter høye Monte Titano. San Marino is the capital of San Marino and lies on the slope of the 739-metre-high Monte Titano. https://web.archive.org/web/20260907174119/https://snl.no/San_Marino_-_by 7 September 2026
Usage notes
The same name is used for both the country and its capital city; context normally distinguishes the two.
The official Norwegian long-form name of the country is Republikken San Marino (“the Republic of San Marino”).
Related terms
nb sanmariner a Sammarinese person
nb sanmarinsk Sammarinese
See also
References
“Navn på stater” by no Språkrådet.
“Utanlandske stadnamn” by no Språkrådet.
“San Marino” in Store norske leksikon.
“San Marino – by” in Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun San Marino
nn San Marino Q238,Q1848
Related terms
nn sanmarinar
nn sanmarinsk
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl it San Marino Saint Marinus.
Pronunciation
Pl-San Marino.ogg
Proper noun
n yes San Marino
pl San Marino Q238,Q1848
Derived terms
pl adjective sanmaryński
pl nouns Sanmaryńczyk Sanmarynka sanmaryńczyk sanmarynka
See also
Further reading
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt São Marino São Marinho
Pronunciation
San Màrino
Proper noun
m 1
pt San Marino Q238
Proper noun
f 1
pt San Marino Q1848
See also
Romanian
ro:
Pronunciation
ro /ˌsan maˈri.no/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-San Marino.wav
Proper noun
m
ro San Marino Q1848
Declension
sg
See also
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:,hr:,bs:
Pronunciation
Sȁn Marȋno
sh San Ma ri no
Proper noun
Sȁn Marȋno m-in
sh San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
San Marino San Marina San Marinu San Marino San Marino San Marinu San Marinom
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Sán Maríno
Proper noun
Sán Maríno n
sl San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
Sán Maríno Sán Marín sg
See also
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-San Marino.wav>
Proper noun
m
es San Marino Q238,Q1848
Related terms
es sanmarinense
See also
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv /ˈsan maˈriːnʊ/
Proper noun
n
sv San Marino Q238,Q1848
Related terms
sv sanmarinier
sv sanmarinsk
sv sanmarinska
See also
Further reading
12
Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
tl:
Etymology
tl :bor es:San Marino<t:San Marino> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl San Marino Q238,Q1848
Turkish
tr:
Etymology
tr it San Marino Sàn Marìno Saint Marinus.
Pronunciation
'san marino
tr San Ma ri no
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-Wreaderick-San Marino.wav
Proper noun
San Marino
tr San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
tr noun
See also
Uzbek
uz:
Noun
uz proper noun 1
uz San Marino Q238,Q1848
Declension
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from vep ru Сан-Марино.
Proper noun
San Marinon San Marinod San Marino
vep San Marino Q238,Q1848
Inflection
sg San Marino
Welsh
cy:
Proper noun
San Marino m
cy San Marino Q1848
Coordinate terms
cy exonyms