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Marin
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marin marín Marín märin
English
Etymology 1
The county was either named after en Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.
Proper noun
The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see en Marin County).
en 1998 w:Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Talents HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019) 278 ‘But youʼre going down to Ventura and Marin to find out for sure?’
David Darlington The Shocking Crash That Led Marin County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes 2025-11-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/magazine/e-bikes-accidents-safety-legislation-california.html The Marin law went into effect at varying points around the county this summer and, after grace periods, jurisdictions have begun enforcing it — but only after riders have been stopped for another infraction, like running a red light. https://archive.ph/s5qPZ 2025-11-30
Derived terms
en Sonomarin Marin County Marin Miwok
References
(etymology) Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary, p. 204. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; Paperback edition (2004). 0-520-24217-3.
Etymology 2
From en sh Marin, from en la Marinus, from la marinus.
Proper noun
en male Serbo-Croatian.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en female.
See also
en Marinid
Anagrams
en aimnr Armin Imran N. Mar. I. Ramin miRNA mirna
en unisex given names
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Marinarson Marinardóttir
Declension
Marin Marina Marini Marinar
Finnish
fi:
Etymology 1
From fi sv Marin.
Pronunciation
mari(:)n
Proper noun
fi proper noun
fi Swedish Swedish
Declension
Marin a 0
Statistics
dvv_20250813 760 1114 2
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Mari gen s
Anagrams
fi aimnr Armin armin riman
Hungarian
Etymology
hu Mari -n y
Pronunciation
hu Ma rin
Proper noun
hu proper noun form
hu Mari spe s
Japanese
Romanization
まりん
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sh la Marīnus, from la marīnus of or pertaining to the sea.
Pronunciation
Mȁrīn
Proper noun
Mȁrīn m-an
sh male Latin
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