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

Marine or marines may refer to:

Ocean

Military

  • Marines, a naval-based infantry force
  • "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

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

Kids robot.svg 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"
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