Marina

English

Etymology

Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marina, probably a feminine form of Marinus, from marinus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹiːnə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Homophone: marina

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. , London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  , published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -

2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).

   Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978

3. A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
4. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.
   • 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:

     As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ariman, Marian, Ramani, airman, amiRNA, amirna

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Marina (jméno)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Marina

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Marina in the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Marina

1. a female given name

Related terms

• male given name: Marinus

Estonian

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Marina, also interpreted as a variant of Maria.

Proper noun

Marina

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́на (Marína)

Finnish

Proper noun

Marina

1. essive singular of Mari

Anagrams

• Marian, maarin, marain, raamin, ramina, rimana

French

Etymology

From Latin Marina. A Latinate variant of the French Marine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.na/

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• marnai, ranima

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Marina

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Marina

Further reading

• “Marina” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Marina” in Duden online
• “Marina” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rì‧na

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Marina

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1721. From Latin Marina, or a variant of Marija (“Mary”).

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́на (Marína)

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Marina was the only given name of 9544 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marīna.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: marina

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Marina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Marin +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marǐːna/

Proper noun

Marína f (Cyrillic spelling Мари́на)

1. a female given name
2. A town near Trogir, Croatia.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾina/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Ma‧ri‧na

Proper noun

Marina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Marina

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1304. From the Latin saint's name Marina.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Marina c (genitive Marinas)

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• rama in