Marine facts for kids

Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.

Marine or marines may refer to:

Ocean

• Maritime (disambiguation)
• Marine art
• Marine biology
• Marine debris
• Marine habitats
• Marine life
• Marine pollution

Military

• Marines, a naval-based infantry force
  • United States Marine Corps
  • Royal Marines of the UK
  • Spanish Marine Infantry
  • Fusiliers marins (France)
  • Indonesian Marine Corps
  • Republic of China Marine Corps
  • Republic of Korea Marine Corps
  • Royal Thai Marine Corps
• "Marine" also means "navy" in several languages:
  • Austro-Hungarian Navy (k.u.k. Kriegsmarine)
  • Belgian Navy (Marinecomponent, Composante marine, Marinekomponente)
  • Royal Canadian Navy (Marine royale canadienne)
    • Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy
  • Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Marine nationale)
  • Royal Danish Navy (Kongelige Danske Marine)
  • Finnish Navy (Finländska marinen, Suomen merivoimat)
  • French Navy (Marine nationale)
  • Gabonese Navy (Marine nationale du Gabon)
  • German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
  • Royal Moroccan Navy (Marine royale)
  • Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine)
  • Swedish Navy (Svenska marinen)

Places

• Marines, Val-d'Oise, France
• Marines, Valencia, Spain
• Marine, Illinois, United States
• Marine City, Michigan, United States
• Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, United States
• Marine, West Virginia, United States
• Marine Drive (disambiguation), the name of several streets in the world

Sports

• Marine F.C., an English football club from Merseyside
• Marines F.C., a Rwandan football club from Gisenyi
• Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team

Other uses

• Marine (given name)
• Marine (book), 1996 book by Tom Clancy
• The Marine, 2006 American film
• Marines (film), 2003 American film
• 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

• David Marine (1888–1976), American pathologist who tested the use of iodide to prevent goiters, which led to the iodization of salt
• Jean-Christophe Marine (born 1968), Belgian molecular biologist
• Joseph E. Marine (1905–1998), New York state senator
• Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné (1766?–1878)
• Jordi Font Mariné (born 1955), Andorran politician
• Oscar Mariné (born 1951), Spanish illustrator, typographer, and artist
• Adriana Marines (1991–1997), Mexican-American murder victim

See also

In Spanish: Marine para niños

• Marin (disambiguation)
• Marina (disambiguation)
• Marine 5 (disambiguation)
• Mariner (disambiguation)
• Marini
• Marino (disambiguation)
• Maritime (disambiguation)
• Marinha de Guerra (disambiguation)
• Space Marine, in science fiction, a soldier who serves aboard a spacecraft or who is trained to fight in space or in planetary attacks
• Submarine
• All pages beginning with "Marine"