Etymology

Marin

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Today it means: The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County). Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian Marin ← Latin Marinus
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Marin · proper noun1

The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.

Marin · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromMarinus
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromMarin
  3. English todayMarin

From Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin Marinus, from marinus.

Words from the same roots

LatinMarinus all →

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