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English

Noun

marina (plural marinas)

• A harbour for small boats.
  • ✤ It’s a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.
  • ✤ The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.¹

Etymology

From Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”), by way of Italian marina and Spanish marina.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈɹinə/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧na
• Rhymes: -iːnə
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

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Footnotes

1. 2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in The New York Times ‎${}^{[1]}$, archived from the original on 11 April 2021: ↩