Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the
sea
A sea is a large body of salt water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the interconnected body of seawaters that spans most of Earth. Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order section ...
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ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as ''oceans'' (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, Southern Ocean ...
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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 that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and ...
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Marine current power
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Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines, freque ...
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Marine energy
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Marine habitats
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Marine life
Marine life, sea life or ocean life is the collective ecological communities that encompass all aquatic animals, aquatic plant, plants, algae, marine fungi, fungi, marine protists, protists, single-celled marine microorganisms, microorganisms ...
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Marine pollution
Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial waste, industrial, agricultural pollution, agricultural, and municipal solid waste, residential waste; particle (ecology), particles; noise; excess carbon dioxi ...
Military
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Marines
Marines (or naval infantry) are military personnel generally trained to operate on both land and sea, with a particular focus on amphibious warfare. Historically, the main tasks undertaken by marines have included Raid (military), raiding ashor ...
, 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 or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...
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Royal Marines
The Royal Marines provide the United Kingdom's amphibious warfare, amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, a Company (military unit), company str ...
of the UK
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Brazilian Marine Corps
The Brazilian Marine Corps (, CFN; or 'Corps of Naval Riflemen') is the Brazilian Navy's naval infantry component. It relies on the fleet and Brazilian Naval Aviation, Naval Aviation and fields its own artillery, amphibious and land armor, COMA ...
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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
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Republic of Korea Marine Corps
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Royal Thai Marine Corps
*"Marine" also means "
navy
A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...
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Austro-Hungarian Navy
The Austro-Hungarian Navy or Imperial and Royal War Navy (, in short ''k.u.k. Kriegsmarine'', ) was the navy, naval force of Austria-Hungary. Ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were designated ''SMS'', for ''Seiner Majestät Schiff'' (His Majes ...
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Belgian Navy
The Belgian Navy, officially the Naval Component (, ; , ; , ) of the Belgian Armed Forces, is the Navy, naval service of Belgium.
History Early history
The Belgian Navy was created as the ''Marine Royale'' () on 15 January 1831. This force ...
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Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary ...
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Provincial Marine
The Provincial Marine or Marine Department 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 design ...
(1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy
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Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The National Navy () is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). It is a brown-water navy.
History
Ordinance no.70/295 of 9 November 1970 fixed the organization of the Coast, River, and Lake Guard, a ...
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Royal Danish Navy
The Royal Danish Navy (, ) is the Naval warfare, sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Denmark, Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and ...
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Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( , ) 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 for "Finnish Navy ship", but ...
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French Navy
The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...
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Gabonese Navy
The National Navy of 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.
Overview
Created on 16 December 1960, the Gabonese Navy is ta ...
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German Navy
The German Navy (, ) is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Marine'' (German Navy) became the official ...
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Royal Moroccan Navy ()
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Royal Netherlands Navy
The Royal Netherlands Navy (, ) is the Navy, maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It traces its history to 8 January 1488, making it the List of navies, third-oldest navy in the world.
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Swedish Navy ()
Places
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Marine Terrace, Fremantle
Marine Terrace is a road on the southern side of the built up area of Fremantle, Western Australia. It is named for its location alongside the water front.
At various stages in its history it has had significant processions along the terrace. ...
, Australia
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Marines, Val-d'Oise, France
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Marine Parade, Singapore
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Marines, Valencia, Spain
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Marine, Illinois, United States
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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, United States
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Marine Drive (disambiguation), the name of several streets in the world
Sports
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Marine F.C., an English football club from Merseyside
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Marines F.C., 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, Chiba, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. The Marines were a founding member of the Pacific Le ...
, a Japanese professional baseball team
Other uses
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Marine (given name)
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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''
* "The Marines",
episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''
People with the surname
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David Marine (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 (born 1968), Belgian molecular biologist
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Joseph E. Marine (1905–1998), New York state senator
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Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné (1766?–1878)
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Jordi Font Mariné (born 1955), Andorran politician
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Jorge Mariné (1941–2025), Spanish cyclist
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Oscar Mariné (born 1951), Spanish illustrator, typographer, and artist
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Jaime Mariné, Cuban baseball executive and president of the International Baseball Federation
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Adriana Marines (1991–1997), Mexican-American murder victim
See also
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Marin (disambiguation)
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Marina (disambiguation)
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Marine 5 (disambiguation)
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Mariner (disambiguation)
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Marine Sniper
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Marini
Marini (last name) is a surname of Roman/Italian Catholic origin; closely associated with the last names: Marino and Mariani with the three patronymic forms emerging from the same region at approximately the same time. Migrations branching from Ita ...
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Marino (disambiguation) Marino, Mariño or Maryino may refer to:
Places
* Marino, Lazio, a town in the province of Rome, Italy
* Marino, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
** Marino Conservation Park
** Marino Rocks Greenway, a cycling route
** Marino Rocks railwa ...
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Maritime (disambiguation)
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Marinha de Guerra (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 (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...
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