Maris may refer to:
Personal names
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Māris (name)
Māris is a Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of the English Maurice and may refer to:
* Māris Ārbergs (born 1962), Latvian politician
* Māris Bogdanovičs (born 1991), Latvian cyclist
* Māris Bičevskis (born 1991), Latvian ice hockey ...
, a Latvian masculine given name, including a list of people with the name
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Maris (given name)
Maris is a unisex given name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea". It is derived from the phrase Stella Maris ("star of the sea"), an epithet for the Virgin Mary. Maris is used as a masculine name in Latvia, a unisex name in Germany and more often ...
, including a list of people and mythical or fictional characters
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Maris (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters
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Maris the Great
Maris the Great is a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado, and "undead" frontman for the punk rock band, Maris the Great and the Faggots of Death. He promotes bands through interviews on his website, MarisTheGreat.com. The int ...
, a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado
Places
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al-Maris {{for, the suburb of Luxor in Egypt, El Maris
Al-Maris ( ar, المريس) was a Medieval Arabic name for Lower Nubia, the region of the Nile around the first and second cataracts, including Aswan. Because most of the sources for Nubian history duri ...
in medieval Nubia
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El Maris
El Maris ( ar, المريس) is a suburb of al Uqsur, in Egypt. It is part of the Luxor Governorate
Luxor Governorate has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation f ...
, Egypt
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Maris Nunatak Maris Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica, east-northeast of Whisnant Nunatak at the junction of Rogers Glacier and the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf. It was delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Na ...
, a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica
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Via Maris, a trade route dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria
* Maris, the Latin name of the
Mureș River, as mentioned by Herodotus in 484 BC
Mythology
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Maris (mythology)
Maris (or Mariś) was an Etruscan god often depicted as an infant or child and given many epithets, including ''Mariś Halna'', ''Mariś Husrnana'' ("Maris the Child"), and ''Mariś Isminthians''. He was the son of Hercle, the Etruscan equivalent ...
, an Etruscan god of agriculture
Other uses
* the
Mari people
* MARIS Maritime Archeological Research Institute at
Södertörn University
Södertörn University ( sv, Södertörns högskola, abbreviated as SH) is a public university college ( sv, högskola) located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 20 ...
, Sweden
* the planet
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
See also
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Mares (disambiguation)
Mares are adult female horses or other equines.
Mares may also refer to:
* Mares (surname) (including a list of persons with the name)
* Mareš, a Czech surname (including a list of persons with the name)
* Saint Mari, also known as Mares, a 1st ...
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Maris Otter
Maris Otter is a two-row, autumn sown variety of barley commonly used in the production of malt for the brewing industry. The variety was bred by Dr G D H Bell and his team of plant breeders at the UK's Plant Breeding Institute; the "Maris" par ...
, a variety of barley
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Maris Piper, Maris Peer and Maris Bard - varieties of potato
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Maris Wigeon
Maris Widgeon is a heritage variety of wheat that has traditionally been used for thatching in the UK. This variety was developed in 1964 by the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridgeshire. The 'Maris' in the name, was derived from Maris Lane, the ...
, a variety of wheat
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Marris
Marris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Charles Allan Marris (1876–1947), New Zealand journalist and editor
* Emma Marris (born 1979), American non-fiction writer
* Georgia Marris (born 1996), New Zealand swimmer
*Rob Marri ...
, a surname
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