Marken

Borrowed from Norwegian Marken or Swedish Markén.

Marken (plural Markens)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marken is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Marken is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 517.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑrkən

First attested as markerhoefde in 1345. Derived from the plural form of Middle Dutch marke (“border, borderland”) (modern mark).

Marken n

1. A village, former island, and former municipality of Waterland, North Holland, Netherlands

• Mereke (dialect form)

• Markenaar
• Marker

Calque of Italian Marche.

Marken n

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “marken”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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Marken

1. plural of Marke

Marken

1. plural of Mark

die Marken pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

• (administrative regions of Italy) Italienische Regionen; Abruzzen, Aostatal, Apulien, Basilikata, Emilia-Romagna, Friaul-Julisch Venetien, Kalabrien, Kampanien, Latium, Ligurien, Lombardei, Marken, Molise, Piemont, Sardinien, Sizilien, Toskana, Trentino-Südtirol, Umbrien, Venetien ^{(Category: de:Administrative regions of Italy)}