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Marine: Military / Seafarers

This document defines and provides examples of the multiple meanings and uses of the term "marine". It can refer to things relating to the sea or ocean, military forces that specialize in naval campaigns like marines or naval infantry, places named after the word like Marine, Illinois, and arts and entertainment works involving the sea like marine art. The term is also used for people with the name Marine or variations of it. In summary, "marine" has a wide range of definitions relating to the ocean, seas, naval and military forces, and places and people involving the watery domain.

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Marine: Military / Seafarers

This document defines and provides examples of the multiple meanings and uses of the term "marine". It can refer to things relating to the sea or ocean, military forces that specialize in naval campaigns like marines or naval infantry, places named after the word like Marine, Illinois, and arts and entertainment works involving the sea like marine art. The term is also used for people with the name Marine or variations of it. In summary, "marine" has a wide range of definitions relating to the ocean, seas, naval and military forces, and places and people involving the watery domain.

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Marine

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Contents
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1 Military / seafarers 2 Places 3 Arts and entertainment 4 People

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4.1 People named Marine 4.2 People named Marin 4.3 People named Marines

5 Other uses 6 See also

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology andmarine geology. In scientific contexts, the term almost always refers exclusively to saltwater environments, although in other contexts (e.g.,engineering) it may refer to any (usually navigable) body of water. Marine or marines may also refer to:

Military / seafarers[edit]

Marines, an infantry force that specializes in naval campaigns Merchant marine, or merchant navy, the fleet of merchant vessels registered in a country A term for a navy, uncommon in English, but common in other languages Marine, the navy of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)

Places[edit]

Marine, Illinois, United States Marine, West Virginia Marine City, Michigan, United States

Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, United States Marines, Val-d'Oise, France Marines, Valencia, Spain

Arts and entertainment[edit]



Marine art, the depiction of the sea in art Marine (book), a book about the United States Marine Corps written by Tom Clancy in 1996 The Marine, a film Marine F.C., an English football team from Merseyside Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team Space Marine, in science fiction, a soldier who serves aboard a spacecraft and/or who is trained to fight in space or in planetary attacks

Marine, a Terran ground unit in the Starcraft series. Marine the Raccoon, an extra-dimensional character first appearing in Sonic Rush Adventure "The Marines", an episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force

People[edit]
People named Marine[edit]

Marine (given name) David Marine (18881976), an American pathologist who tested the use of iodide to prevent goiters in schoolgirls, which led to the iodization of salt

Jean-Christophe Marine (born 1968), a Belgian molecular biologist Marine Le Pen, a French politician

People named Marin[edit]



Marin Russo (born 1980), Olympic medal-winning hockey player from Argentina Eulalia Prez de Guilln Marin (1766?1878), a prominent Californian Jordi Font Marin (born 1955), an Andorran politician Oscar Marin (born 1951), a Spanish illustrator, typographer, and artist

People named Marines[edit]

Adriana Marines (1992-1997), a Mexican-American girl in Texas whose murder sparked a major outcry

Other uses[edit]

Marine debris Marine habitats Marine pollution Marine engineering All pages beginning with "Marine"

See also[edit]

Mariners Maritime (disambiguation) Marina (disambiguation) Mariner (disambiguation) Submarine

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