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Currency

Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark The convertible mark ( Bosanski: , sign: KM; code: BAM) is the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is divided into 100 or (/) and locally abbreviated ''KM''. While the currency and its subunits are uniform for both constituent polities of B ...

, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

East German mark The East German mark (german: Mark der DDR ), commonly called the eastern mark (german: Ostmark, links=no ) in West Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only ''Mark'', was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germ ...

, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 *

Finnish markka The markka ( fi, markka; sv, mark; sign: Mk; ISO code: FIM, typically known outside Finland as the Finnish mark) was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The mark was divided into 100 p ...

( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 *

Mark (currency) The mark was a currency or unit of account in many states. It is named for the mark unit of weight. The word ''mark'' comes from a merging of three Teutonic/ Germanic words, Latinised in 9th-century post-classical Latin as ', ', ' or '. It was ...

, a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924

German

Deutsche Mark The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it ...

, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 *

German gold mark The German mark (german: Goldmark ; sign: ℳ) was the currency of the German Empire, which spanned from 1871 to 1918. The mark was paired with the minor unit of the pfennig (₰); 100 pfennigs were equivalent to 1 mark. The mark was on the ...

, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 *

German Papiermark The Papiermark (; 'paper mark', officially just ''Mark'', sign: ℳ) was the German currency from 4 August 1914 when the link between the Goldmark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I. In particular, the Papiermark was ...

, the German currency from 4 August 1914 *

German rentenmark The Rentenmark (; RM) was a currency issued on 15 October 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany, after the previously used "paper" Mark had become almost worthless. It was subdivided into 100 ''Rentenpfennig'' an ...

, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. *

Reichsmark The (; sign: ℛℳ; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until 20 June 1948 in West Germany, where it was replaced with the , and until 23 June 1948 in East Germany, where it was replaced by the East German mark. The Reich ...

, the currency in Germany from 1924 until 20 June 1948 in West Germany

People

John Mark John Mark is named in the Acts of the Apostles as an assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys. Traditionally he is regarded as identical with Mark the Evangelist, the traditional writer of the Gospel of Mark. Bibl ...

(died 1st century), assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas in the Acts of the Apostles, identified as

Mark the Evangelist Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

(5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark *

Mark of Cornwall Mark of Cornwall ( la, Marcus, kw, Margh, cy, March, br, Marc'h) was a sixth-century King of Kernow (Cornwall), possibly identical with King Conomor. He is best known for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and the h ...

(), king of Kernow *

Pope Mark Pope Mark ( la, Marcus) was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336. Little is known of Mark's early life. According to the ''Liber Pontificalis'', he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Mark succeeded Syl ...

(died 336), Pope of the Catholic Church from 18 January to 7 October 336 *

Mark (given name) Mark is a common male given name and is related to the Latin word Mars. It means "consecrated to the god Mars", and also may mean "God of war" or "to be warlike". '' Marcus'' was one of the three most common Roman given names. Meaning and history ...

, a male given name, includes a list of notable people with the name * Mark (surname), includes a list of notable people with the name

Places

* Mereg (also Mark), a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran

Europe

* Amt Dahme/Mark a collective municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, Germany *

Amt Lindow (Mark) Amt Lindow (Mark) is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Lindow. The ''Amt'' Lindow (Mark) consists of the following municipalities: # Herzberg # Lindow #Rüthnick ...

, a collective municipality in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, Germany *

Baruth/Mark Baruth/Mark is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km east of Luckenwalde, and 53 km south of Berlin. Geography Baruth/Mark is structured in the following parts of town,Main constitution ...

, a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany *

County of Mark The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr Rive ...

, a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle * Friesack/Mark, a town in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany *

Mark (Dender) The Mark (Dutch) or Marcq (French) is a river in Belgium, right tributary of the Dender. It rises around south-west of Enghien, Hainaut, close to the village St-Marcou in the forests of Bois de Ligne en Bois d'Enghien. It passes through the ho ...

, a river in Belgium *

Mark (Dintel) The Mark () is a river in Belgium and the Netherlands. Characteristics The Mark rises north of Turnhout, Belgium, in the municipality of Merksplas. It passes through Hoogstraten before crossing the border with the Netherlands. In the cit ...

, a river in Belgium and the Netherlands * Mark Hundred, a Västergötland hundred in Sweden *

Mark Municipality Mark Municipality (''Marks kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town. The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amal ...

, a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden *

Mark, Somerset Mark is a village and civil parish which lies approximately from Bridgwater, from Axbridge, and from Highbridge in the Sedgemoor district of the county of Somerset, England. It includes the hamlets of Yarrow and Southwick. The Mark Yeo riv ...

, an English village and civil parish * Mark Lane, a road in London

United States

* Mark, Illinois, a village in Putnam County, Illinois * Mark, Missouri, an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri

Sports

* Mark, a term used in professional wrestling with multiple meanings * Mark (Australian rules football), where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it * Mark (rugby), a play in which a player may catch the ball and take a free-kick at the position of the mark

Other

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark), or simply Mark (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). is the second of the four canonical gospels and of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to ...

, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels *

March (territory) In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a national "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which di ...

(also mark), a medieval European term for any kind of borderland * , an HTML element used for highlighting relevant text in a quotation * Mark, the victim of a

confidence trick A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers ha ...

Mark (designation) The word ''mark'', followed by number, is a method of designating a version of a product. It is often abbreviated as Mk or M. This use of the word possibly originates from the use of physical marks made to measure height or progress. Furthermore ...

, a method of designating a version of a product *

Mark (dinghy) The Mark is a single-hander class of small sailing dinghy. The design in plywood came from the pen of Billy Morton from Morton's Yacht Supplies, Priory Road, Hollywood, Belfast Northern Ireland. It first appeared in the 1964, in competition with ...

, a single-hander class of small sailing dinghy *

Mark (unit) The Mark (from Middle High German: Marc, march, brand) is originally a medieval weight or mass unit, which supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century. The Mark is traditionally divided into 8 ounces or ...

, a medieval weight or mass unit that supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century * , vessel of the US Army and the US & Taiwanese Navies *

Mark and space Mark and space are terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a communications signal, generally at the physical layer of a communications system. The terms derive from the early days of the electric telegraph sys ...

, terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a signal