Standard Lemma guide

marina

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /məˈɹiːnə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: marina
  • /məˈɹinə/
  • rhymes with -iːnə
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M ER0 IY1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from Latin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A city in Monterey County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

Acronym of Maritime Industry Authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A harbour for small boats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dock, dockage, docking facility

History

Etymology

Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Marīa.

From Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”), by way of Italian marina and Spanish marina.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مارينا — female given name
  • Aramaic: ܡܐܪܝܢܐ — female given name
  • Armenian: Մարինա — female given name
  • Belarusian: Марына — female given name
  • Bulgarian: Марина — female given name
  • Cherokee: ᎹᏫᎾ (mawina) — female given name
  • Chuvash: Марине — female given name
  • Czech: Marina — female given name
  • Danish: Marina — female given name
  • Estonian: Marina — female given name
  • Finnish: Marina — female given name
  • French: Marine — female given name
  • Galician: Mariña — female given name
  • Georgian: მარინა (marina) — female given name
  • German: Marina — female given name
  • Greek: Μαρίνα (Marína) — female given name
  • Hawaiian: Malina — female given name
  • Hebrew: מרינה — female given name
  • Hindi: मरीना (marīnā) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Marina — female given name
  • Inuktitut: ᒪᕆᓇ (marina) — female given name
  • Italian: Marina — female given name
  • Japanese: マリナ (marina) — female given name
  • Japanese: まりな (marina) — female given name
  • Japanese: 満里奈 (marina) — female given name
  • Japanese: マリーナ (Marīna) — female given name
  • Korean: 마리나 — female given name
  • Latin: Marīna — female given name
  • Latvian: Marina — female given name
  • Macedonian: Марина — female given name
  • Polish: Maryna — female given name
  • Portuguese: Marina — female given name
  • Romanian: Marina — female given name
  • Russian: Мари́на (Marína) — female given name
  • Spanish: Marina — female given name
  • Swedish: Marina — female given name
  • Thai: มารีนา (maa-rii-naa) — female given name
  • Ukrainian: Мари́на (Marýna) — female given name
  • Urdu: مرینا — female given name
  • Yakut: Марыына (Marïïna) — female given name
  • Bulgarian: яхт-клуб (jaht-klub) — harbour
  • Dutch: jachthaven — harbour
  • Dutch: passantenhaven — harbour
  • Dutch: watersporthaven — harbour
  • Dutch: plezierhaven — harbour
  • Finnish: venesatama — harbour
  • French: port de plaisance — harbour
  • French: marina — harbour
  • German: Jachthafen — harbour
  • German: Bootshafen — harbour
  • German: Marina — harbour
  • German: Wasserwanderrastplatz — harbour
  • Greek: μαρίνα (marína) — harbour
  • Greek: λιμανάκι (limanáki) — harbour
  • Hebrew: מַעֲגָנָה (ma'aganá) — harbour
  • Italian: porticciolo — harbour
  • Italian: marina — harbour
  • Italian: porticciolo turistico — harbour
  • Italian: darsena — harbour
  • Lithuanian: prieplauka — harbour
  • Manx: stashoon birling — harbour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marina — harbour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: båthavn — harbour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: båthamn — harbour
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marina — harbour
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: båthamn — harbour
  • Polish: marina — harbour
  • Portuguese: marina — harbour
  • Russian: прича́л (pričál) — harbour
  • Serbo-Croatian: мари́на — harbour
  • Serbo-Croatian: marína — harbour
  • Spanish: puerto deportivo — harbour
  • Swedish: marina — harbour
  • Swedish: småbåtshamn — harbour
  • Yiddish: יאַכטבאַסיין (yakhtbaseyn) — harbour
Real reading context

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