Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the

sea The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...

ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

. Marine or marines may refer to:

Ocean

Maritime (disambiguation) Maritime may refer to: Geography * Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps * Maritime Region, a region in Togo * Maritime Southeast Asia * The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Princ ...

Marine art Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main Sea in culture, inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea� ...

Marine biology Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...

Marine debris Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a sea or ocean. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing ...

* Marine habitats *

Marine life Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet. M ...

Marine pollution Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial waste, industrial, agricultural pollution, agricultural and municipal solid waste, residential waste, particle (ecology), particles, noise, excess carbon dioxid ...

Military

Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refle ...

, a naval-based infantry force **

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

Royal Marines The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. The Corps of Royal Marine ...

of the UK **

Brazilian Marine Corps ) , colors=Red and white , colors_label=Colors , march= , mascot= , battles = Invasion of Cayenne (1809) Banda Oriental Conquest (1816)War of Independence (1821–1824)Confederation of the Equator(1824)Cisplatine War(1825–1828)Ragamuffin War(183 ...

** Spanish Marine Infantry ** Fusiliers marins (France) ** Indonesian Marine Corps **

Republic of China Marine Corps The Republic of China Marine Corps (ROCMC; ), also known colloquially as the Taiwan Marine Corps, is the amphibious arm of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) responsible for amphibious combat, counter-landing and reinforcement of the areas under th ...

** Republic of Korea Marine Corps ** Royal Thai Marine Corps *"Marine" also means "

navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

" in several languages: **

Austro-Hungarian Navy The Austro-Hungarian Navy or Imperial and Royal War Navy (german: kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine, in short ''k.u.k. Kriegsmarine'', hu, Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet) was the naval force of Austria-Hungary. Ships of the A ...

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Belgian Navy The Belgian Navy, officially the Belgian Naval Component ( nl, Marinecomponent; french: Composante marine; german: Marinekomponente ) of the Belgian Armed Forces, is the naval service of Belgium. History Early history The Belgian Navy wa ...

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Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack s ...

() *** Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy ** Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo () ** Royal Danish Navy () **

Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for ...

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French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

() ** Gabonese Navy () ** German Navy () ** Royal Moroccan Navy () **

Royal Netherlands Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...

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Swedish Navy The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (). In Swedish, vessels o ...

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Places

Marines, Val-d'Oise Marines () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Twinning Marines has been twinned with the town of Kington in England since 1979. The two places are of a similar population. In Marines there is a resi ...

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Marines, Valencia Marines is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most po ...

, Spain *

Marine, Illinois Marine is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 960 at the 2010 census. History The village was so named because some of the early settlers were sea captains. Geography Marine is located at (38.787365, -89.7 ...

, United States * Marine City, Michigan, United States *

Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota Marine on St. Croix is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1839 as Marine Mills. The city was the site of the first commercial sawmill on the St. Croix River. A ...

, United States *

Marine, West Virginia Marine is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

, United States * Marine Drive (disambiguation), the name of several streets in the world

Sports

Marine F.C. Marine Association Football Club are an English football club based in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, who were founded in 1894, are a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently play in the . ...

, an English football club from Merseyside *

Marines F.C. Marines Football Club is an association football club from Gisenyi, Rwanda. The team currently competes in the Rwanda National Football League, and plays its home games at the Umuganda Stadium The Stade Umuganda is a multi-use stadium in Giseny ...

, a Rwandan football club from Gisenyi * Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team

Other uses

Marine (given name) Marine can be used as a first name, usually female. Notable people with the name include: * Marine Bolliet (born 1988), French biathlete * Marine Boyer (born 2000), French artistic gymnast * Marine Brenier (born 1986), French politician * Marine B ...

* ''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 is a 2007 adventure platform game for the Nintendo DS and the sequel to 2005's ''Sonic Rush''. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails, who are teleported to an alternate dimension and seek the help of Blaze the Cat, while battling a band of ro ...

'' * "The Marines", episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''

People with the surname

David Marine David Marine (20 September 1880 – 6 November 1976) was an American pathologist. He is remembered for his trial, with O. P. Kimball as his assistant, of the effect of giving iodide to a large group of schoolgirls in Akron, Ohio from 1917 to ...

(1888–1976), American pathologist who tested the use of iodide to prevent goiters, which led to the iodization of salt *

Jean-Christophe Marine Jean-Christophe Marine (age 50, born 5 October 1968) is a Belgium, Belgian molecular biologist and researcher at CME (Center of Human Genetics) Ku-Leuven (Belgium). He is head of the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, VIB Laboratory of Molecula ...

(born 1968), Belgian molecular biologist *

Joseph E. Marine Joseph E. Marine (December 19, 1905 – January 25, 1998) was an American politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was born on December 19, 1905, in Manhattan, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, the New York Universi ...

(1905–1998), New York state senator *

Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné (1766? – June 11, 1878) was a Californio who was '' mayordoma'' of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and grantee of Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual in the San Rafael Hills, in present-day Los Angeles County, Cal ...

(1766?–1878) *

Jordi Font Mariné Jordi Font Mariné (born 18 October 1955) is an Andorran politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Andorra The Social Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Socialdemòcrata, PS) is a social-democratic list of political parties in An ...

(born 1955), Andorran politician *

Oscar Mariné Oscar Mariné Brandi (born 1951 in Madrid, Spain) is a designer, illustrator, expert typographer and professional artist; Oscar Mariné is one of the major communicators in post-Franco Spain. His internationally renowned work includes iconic design ...

(born 1951), Spanish illustrator, typographer, and artist *

Adriana Marines Adriana Nicole Marines (October 30, 1991 – September 27, 1997) was a 5-year-old American girl of Mexican descent, who was murdered in her Corpus Christi, Texas home. Her murder sparked widespread local and nationwide media attention. Murder On ...