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marine | marin |

As a verb marine

is .

As an adjective marin is

(of or pertaining to the sea).

As a noun marin is

.

marine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology'', marine ''insurance .)
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a marine corps.
  • He was a marine in World War II.
  • (capitalised in the plural) A marine corps.
  • He fought with the Marines in World War II.
  • A painting representing some marine subject.
  • Synonyms

    * devil dog * jarhead * leatherneck

    See also

    * Marine * (Marine) * (Marines)

    Anagrams

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    marin

    English

    (Marin)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California.
  • 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). ISBN 0520243173. ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Proper noun

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