Marine Explained

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

Marine or marines may refer to:

Ocean

• Maritime (disambiguation)
• Marine art
• Marine biology
• Marine current power
• Marine debris
• Marine energy
• Marine habitats
• Marine life
• Marine pollution

Military

• Marines, a naval-based infantry force
  • United States Marine Corps
  • Royal Marines of the UK
  • Brazilian Marine Corps
  • Spanish Marine Infantry
  • Fusiliers marins (France)
  • Indonesian Marine Corps
  • Republic of China Marine Corps
  • Republic of Korea Marine Corps
  • Royal Thai Marine Corps
• "Marine" also means "navy" in several languages:
  • Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: k.u.k. Kriegsmarine)
  • Belgian Navy (Dutch; Flemish: Marinecomponent, French: Composante marine, German: Marinekomponente)
  • Royal Canadian Navy (French: Marine royale canadienne)
    • Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy
  • Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Marine nationale)
  • Royal Danish Navy (Danish: Kongelige Danske Marine)
  • Finnish Navy (Northern Sami: Finländska marinen, Finnish: Suomen merivoimat)
  • French Navy (French: Marine nationale)
  • Gabonese Navy (French: Marine nationale du Gabon)
  • German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine)
  • Royal Moroccan Navy (French: Marine royale)
  • Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch; Flemish: Koninklijke Marine)
  • Swedish Navy (Northern Sami: Svenska marinen)

Places

• Marine Terrace, Fremantle, Australia
• Marines, Val-d'Oise, France
• Marine Parade, Singapore
• Marines, Valencia, Spain
• Marine, Illinois, United States
• Marine City, Michigan, United States
• Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, United States
• Marine, West Virginia, United States
• Marine Drive (disambiguation), the name of several streets in the world

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
• Jaime Mariné, Cuban baseball executive and president of the International Baseball Federation
• Adriana Marines (1991–1997), Mexican-American murder victim

See also

• Marin (disambiguation)
• Marina (disambiguation)
• Marine 5 (disambiguation)
• Mariner (disambiguation)
• Marine Sniper
• 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