Mariel

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English

Etymology

From Mary +‎ -el.

Proper noun

Mariel

  1. A female given name
  2. A city and bay in northwest Cuba.
  3. The Mariel boatlift, when some 125,000 Cubans entered the United States.

Noun

Mariel (plural Mariels)

  1. Someone who arrived in the US during the Mariel boatlift; a Marielito.
    • 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 34:
      I happened to be in the coroner's office one morning when autopsies were being performed on the bodies of two Mariels, shot and apparently pushed from a car on I-95 about nine the evening before […] .

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Anagrams

Cebuano

Proper noun

Mariel

  1. Mariel (a municipality of Artemisa Province, Cuba)
  2. a female given name

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mariel.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾjel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Ma‧riel

Proper noun

Mariel ?

  1. A town in Artemisa, Cuba
  2. a female given name

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