Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Astronomy Plural of mare2.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See mare.
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of mare (lunar plain).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Astron.) Plural form of
mare , a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. - n. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
- n. valuable timber tree of Panama
Examples
“The word maria is Latin for seas; its singular is mare (MAHR ee).”
“Nonetheless, I shared my empty library out under the name maria i sweat your music collection”
“Our new LRO LOLA dataset shows that the older highland impactor population can be clearly distinguished from the younger population in the lunar 'maria' -- giant impact basins filled with solidified lava flows [...]”
The Huffington Post: Moon's 'Turbulent Youth' Exposed In NASA LRO Imagery (PICTURES)
“The dark areas on the moon are known as maria (MAHR ee uh).”
“June 26th, 2009 5: 52 pm ET how comments come back to bite you ... i bet he is wishing he could take back all the self-righteous things he said during the clinton-lewinsky scandal. in the words of "maria", [he] "cant put the GENIUS back in the bottle".”
“I'd say give up on expecting "maria" to be have the same relationship with you that you had before, because basically you don't.”
“Interestingly, the far side has almost no "maria" or dark spots.”
“The dark spots on the moon were named "maria," from the Latin word for seas, because scientists believed they were bodies of water.”
“Santa brought ne a couple of cookbooks! anna maria on December 28th, 2009 at 2: 36 pm”
“Love your combination, the fried plantain is a perfect touch. anna maria on March 14th, 2010 at 9: 34 pm”
Menestra de Porotos (Bean Stew) : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘maria’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 206 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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lunacy
moon-related
moon dog, transient lunar p..., selenography, moonbow, paraselene, maria, parantiselene, moon, luna, trapper's moon, harvest moon, hunter's moon and 94 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Trees!
mahogany, sequoia, balsa, sandalwood, tamarind, balsam, eucalyptus, birch, willow, buttonwood, evergreen, loblolly and 501 more...
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When I'm Feeling Windy
wiiiiiiiind
sirocco, zephyr, fiat, tramontana, typhoon, cyclone, hurricane, haboob, khamsin, aajej, africo, alm and 125 more...
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Our favourite words
These are our favourite words. We hope you like them!
die, destruction, hate, pain, blood, fail, bad, nice, flowers, love, wonderful, colours and 15 more...
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Literarie: Mussolini: My Part In His ...
Bits from the predictably odd and chaotic Spike Milligan book of this title. He writes in diary-style about his service in the British Army's World War II campaign in Italy.
"I admit the way...b4, matelot, asleep, landing, fags, spam, ash wednesday, derv, nebelwurfer, the shits, hole in the ground, cookhouse and 79 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for maria.
IndiaAmos Especially when spelled “mariah” (long comment with examples and etymological speculation there) and preceded by “black,” this word refers to a police van. See also “black maria.” Nov 29, 2009
bilby "Down in our little valley there is a small stream where women of the village do laundry. I approach one who is only too glad to accept my chocolate ration to do it, her name is Maria. Everybody in Italy is called Maria, the men, the dogs, the trees."
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall'. Apr 25, 2009
treeseed Take a Letter, Maria by R. B. Greaves went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. Feb 9, 2008