Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the
sea
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...
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ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wor ...
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Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
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Maritime (disambiguation)
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Marine art
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Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifi ...
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Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a sea or ocean. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing ...
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Marine habitats
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Marine life
Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet. ...
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Marine pollution
Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural and residential waste, particles, noise, excess carbon dioxide or invasive organisms enter the ocean and cause harmful effects there. The major ...
Military
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Marines
Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...
, a naval-based infantry force
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through c ...
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Royal Marines
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious warfare, amphibious light infantry and also one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighti ...
of the UK
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Brazilian Marine Corps )
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Spanish Marine Infantry
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Fusiliers marins (France)
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Indonesian Marine Corps
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Republic of China Marine Corps
The Republic of China Marine Corps (ROCMC; ), also known colloquially as the Taiwan Marine Corps, is the amphibious arm of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) responsible for amphibious combat, counter-landing and reinforcement of the areas under th ...
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Republic of Korea Marine Corps
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Royal Thai Marine Corps
The Royal Thai Marine Corps or RTMC ( th, ราชนาวิกโยธินแห่งราชอาณาจักรไทย) are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy. The Royal Thai Marine Corps was founded in 1932, when the first batt ...
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navy
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
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Austro-Hungarian Navy
The Austro-Hungarian Navy or Imperial and Royal War Navy (german: kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine, in short ''k.u.k. Kriegsmarine'', hu, Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet) was the naval force of Austria-Hungary. Ships of the A ...
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Belgian Navy
The Belgian Navy, officially the Belgian Naval Component ( nl, Marinecomponent; french: Composante marine; german: Marinekomponente ) of the Belgian Armed Forces, is the naval service of Belgium.
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The Belgian Navy w ...
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Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack subma ...
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Provincial Marine
Provincial Marine was a coastal protection service in charge of the waters in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and parts of Lake Champlain under British control. While ships of the Provincial Marine were designated HMS, they were ...
(1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy
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Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...
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Royal Danish Navy
The Royal Danish Navy ( da, Søværnet) is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland). O ...
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Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short f ...
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French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
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Gabonese Navy
The National Navy of Gabon (french: Marine Nationale du Gabon) is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of Gabon. It operates a few fast attack craft and patrol vessels to maintain security along its -long coastline.
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German Navy
The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...
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Royal Moroccan Navy
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Royal Netherlands Navy
The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ().
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Places
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Marines, Val-d'Oise
Marines () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Twinning
Marines has been twinned with the town of Kington in England since 1979. The two places are of a similar population. In Marines there is a res ...
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Marines, Valencia
Marines is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most pop ...
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Marine, Illinois
Marine is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 960 at the 2010 census.
History
The village was so named because some of the early settlers were sea captains.
Geography
Marine is located at (38.787365, -89.7 ...
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Marine City, Michigan, United States
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Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, United States
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Marine, West Virginia
Marine is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.
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Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in McDowell County, West Virginia
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Marine Drive (disambiguation) Marine Drive may refer to:
Roads Bangladesh
* Cox Bazar-Tekhnaf Marine Drive, world's longest marine drive road.
Canada
*Marine Drive (Nova Scotia), a scenic route in Nova Scotia
*Marine Drive (Greater Vancouver), a number of roadways in Metrop ...
, the name of several streets in the world
Sports
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Marine F.C.
Marine Association Football Club are an English football club based in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, who were founded in 1894, are a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently play in the .
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, an English football club from Merseyside
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Marines F.C.
Marines Football Club is an association football club from Gisenyi, Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lake ...
, a Rwandan football club from Gisenyi
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Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
, a Japanese professional baseball team
Other uses
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Marine (given name)
Marine can be used as a first name, usually female. Notable people with the name include:
* Marine Bolliet (born 1988), French biathlete
* Marine Boyer (born 2000), French artistic gymnast
* Marine Brenier (born 1986), French politician
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''Marine'' (book), 1996 book by Tom Clancy
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The Marine'', 2006 American film
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''Marines'' (film), 2003 American film
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Merchant marine, or merchant navy, the fleet of merchant vessels registered in a country
* Marine, a
Terran basic tier ground unit in the Starcraft series
* Marine the Raccoon, an extra-dimensional character in ''
Sonic Rush Adventure
is a 2007 adventure platform game for the Nintendo DS and the sequel to 2005's ''Sonic Rush''. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails, who are teleported to an alternate dimension and seek the help of Blaze the Cat, while battling a band of ro ...
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* "The Marines",
episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''
People with the surname
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David Marine
David Marine (20 September 1880 – 6 November 1976) was an American pathologist
Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating ...
(1888–1976), American pathologist who tested the use of iodide to prevent goiters, which led to the iodization of salt
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Jean-Christophe Marine
Jean-Christophe Marine (age 50, born 5 October 1968) is a Belgian molecular biologist and researcher at CME (Center of Human Genetics) Ku-Leuven (Belgium). He is head of the VIB Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Biology. His research interest is in ...
(born 1968), Belgian molecular biologist
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Joseph E. Marine
Joseph E. Marine (December 19, 1905 – January 25, 1998) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was born on December 19, 1905, in Manhattan, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, the College of the City of New York, N ...
(1905–1998), New York state senator
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Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné
Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné (1766? – June 11, 1878) was a Californio who was '' mayordoma'' of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and grantee of Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual in the San Rafael Hills, in present-day Los Angeles County, Ca ...
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Jordi Font Mariné (born 1955), Andorran politician
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Oscar Mariné
Oscar Mariné Brandi (born 1951 in Madrid, Spain) is a designer, illustrator, expert typographer and professional artist; Oscar Mariné is one of the major communicators in post-Franco Spain. His internationally renowned work includes iconic desi ...
(born 1951), Spanish illustrator, typographer, and artist
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Adriana Marines (1991–1997), Mexican-American murder victim
See also
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Marin (disambiguation)
Marin (French) or Marín (Spanish "sailor") may refer to:
People
* Marin (name), including a list of persons with the given name or surname
* MaRin, in-game name of professional South Korean ''League of Legends'' player Jang Gyeong-hwan (born 19 ...
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Marina (disambiguation)
A marina is a place for docking pleasure boats.
Marina may also refer to:
Places Italy
*Bova Marina
* Cirò Marina
* Isca Marina
* Marciana Marina
* Marina di Bibbona
* Marina di Camerota
* Marina di Campo
** Marina di Campo Airport
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Marine 5 (disambiguation) Marine 5 may refer to:
* ''Marine 5'' (Rhode Island fireboat)
* '' The Marine 5: Battleground'', a 2017 American film from ''The Marine'' franchise
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Mariner (disambiguation)
A mariner is a sailor.
Mariner or Mariners may also refer to:
Computing
* CBL-Mariner, a free and open source cloud infrastructure operating system based on Linux and developed by Microsoft
* Mariner (browser engine), a canceled project to enh ...
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Marini
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Marino (disambiguation)
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Maritime (disambiguation)
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Marinha de Guerra (disambiguation) Marinha de Guerra (Portuguese for ''navy'') may refer to:
* The Angolan Navy ()
* The Bissau-Guinean Navy ()
* The Brazilian Navy ()
* The Mozambique Navy ()
* The Portuguese Navy ()
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* Marina (disambiguation)
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Space Marine, in science fiction, a soldier who serves aboard a spacecraft or who is trained to fight in space or in planetary attacks
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Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
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