Meanings
Marin1
- The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County).
‘But youʼre going down to Ventura and Marin to find out for sure?’
1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 2781 more example
The Marin law went into effect at varying points around the county this summer and, after grace periods, jurisdictions have begun enforcing it — but only after riders have been stopped for another infraction, like running a red light.
2025 November 30, David Darlington, “The Shocking Crash That Led Marin County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025
Marin2
- A male given name from Serbo-Croatian.
Marin3
- A female given name.
Origin
Marin · proper noun
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.
Full word history & related roots →Marin · proper noun
- LatinMarinus
- Serbo-CroatianMarin
- EnglishMarin
From Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin Marinus, from marinus.
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Marin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marin
“Marin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marin.
Source: Marin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.