Mark may refer to:
Currency
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Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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East German mark
The East German mark (german: Mark der DDR ), commonly called the eastern mark (german: Ostmark, links=no ) in West Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only ''Mark'', was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germ ...
, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
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Estonian mark
The Estonian mark ( et, Eesti mark) was the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927. It was initially equivalent to the German ostmark, which had been circulating alongside the Imperial rouble since the German occupation. It was divided into ...
, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
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Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002
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Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations
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Polish mark
The mark ( pl, marka polska, abbreviated ''Mp'', Polish-language plural declensions: ''marki, marek'') was the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924. It was subdivided into 100 ''fenigs'' (pho ...
( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924
German
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Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was ...
, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002
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German gold mark
The German mark (german: Goldmark ; sign: ℳ) was the currency of the German Empire, which spanned from 1871 to 1918. The mark was paired with the minor unit of the pfennig (₰); 100 pfennigs were equivalent to 1 mark. The mark was on th ...
, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914
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German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914
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German rentenmark
The Rentenmark (; RM) was a currency issued on 15 October 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany, after the previously used "paper" Mark had become almost worthless. It was subdivided into 100 ''Rentenpfennig'' an ...
, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany
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Lodz Ghetto mark
Lodz Ghetto mark (, ) was a surrogate currency that circulated in the Lodz Ghetto in 1940—1944 until the Ghetto was liquidated in August 1944. It was divided into 100 pfennig (). The notes had no value outside the Ghetto, and could not be e ...
, a special currency for
Lodz Ghetto.
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Reichsmark
The (; sign: ℛℳ; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until 20 June 1948 in West Germany, where it was replaced with the , and until 23 June 1948 in East Germany, where it was replaced by the East German mark. The Reich ...
, the currency in Germany from 1924 until 20 June 1948 in West Germany
People
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John Mark
John Mark is named in the Acts of the Apostles as an assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys. Traditionally he is regarded as identical with Mark the Evangelist, the traditional writer of the Gospel of Mark.
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(died 1st century), assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas in the Acts of the Apostles, identified as
Mark the Evangelist
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Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark
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Mark of Cornwall
Mark of Cornwall ( la, Marcus, kw, Margh, cy, March, br, Marc'h) was a sixth-century King of Kernow (Cornwall), possibly identical with King Conomor. He is best known for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and the husb ...
(), king of Kernow
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Pope Mark
Pope Mark ( la, Marcus) was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336.
Little is known of Mark's early life. According to the ''Liber Pontificalis'', he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Mark succeeded Sylv ...
(died 336), Pope of the Catholic Church from 18 January to 7 October 336
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Mark (given name), a male given name, includes a list of notable people with the name
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Mark (surname)
Mark as a surname may refer to:
* Donald Mark (1926-2018), American judge
*Hans Mark (1929–2021), German-born American aerospace engineer
*Heinrich Mark (1911–2004), Estonian politician
* Jacob Mark (born 1991), Danish politician
*Melissa Mar ...
, includes a list of notable people with the name
Places
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Mereg
Mereg ( fa, مرگ; also known as Mark, Merek, Merk, and Mirg) is a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 372, distributed among 80 f ...
(also Mark), a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
Europe
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Amt Dahme/Mark a collective municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, Germany
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Amt Lindow (Mark) Amt Lindow (Mark) is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Lindow.
The ''Amt'' Lindow (Mark) consists of the following municipalities:
# Herzberg
# Lindow
#Rüthnick
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, a collective municipality in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, Germany
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Baruth/Mark
Baruth/Mark is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km east of Luckenwalde, and 53 km south of Berlin.
Geography
Baruth/Mark is structured in the following parts of town,Main constitution ...
, a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany
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County of Mark
The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr Rive ...
, a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
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Friesack/Mark, a town in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany
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Mark (Dender)
The Mark (Dutch) or Marcq (French) is a river in Belgium, right tributary of the Dender. It rises around south-west of Enghien, Hainaut, close to the village St-Marcou in the forests of Bois de Ligne en Bois d'Enghien. It passes through the hom ...
, a river in Belgium
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Mark (Dintel)
The Mark () is a river in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Characteristics
The Mark rises north of Turnhout, Belgium, in the municipality of Merksplas. It passes through Hoogstraten before crossing the border with the Netherlands. In the city ...
, a river in Belgium and the Netherlands
* Mark Hundred, a Västergötland
hundred in Sweden
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Mark Municipality
Mark Municipality (''Marks kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden.
The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town.
The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amalg ...
, a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden
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Mark, Somerset, an English village and civil parish
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Mark Lane, a road in London
United States
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Mark, Illinois
Mark is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 555 at the 2010 census, up from 491 in 2000. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. It maintains close ties to neighboring Granville, Illinois. ...
, a village in Putnam County, Illinois
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Mark, Missouri
Mark is an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throug ...
, an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Sports
* Mark, a
term used in professional wrestling with multiple meanings
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Mark (Australian rules football)
A mark in Australian rules football is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick. The catch must be cleanly taken, or deemed by the umpire to have involved control of the ball for sufficient time. A tipped ball, or ...
, where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it
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Mark (rugby) In rugby union, a player may mark a ball, which means that the player may catch it and cannot be tackled by rival players, and the marking player takes a free-kick at the position of the mark.
To mark a ball, the player must catch the ball inside ...
, a play in which a player may catch the ball and take a free-kick at the position of the mark
Other
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Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels
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March (territory)
In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a national "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which diff ...
(also mark), a medieval European term for any kind of borderland
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an HTML element used for highlighting relevant text in a quotation
* Mark, the victim of a
confidence trick
A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have ...
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Mark (designation)
The word ''mark'', followed by number, is a method of designating a version of a product. It is often abbreviated as Mk or M. This use of the word possibly originates from the use of physical marks made to measure height or progress. Furthermore ...
, a method of designating a version of a product
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Mark (dinghy), a single-hander class of small sailing dinghy
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Mark (unit) The Mark (from Middle High German: Marc, march, brand) is originally a medieval weight or mass unit, which supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century. The Mark is traditionally divided into 8 ounces or ...
, a medieval weight or mass unit that supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century
* , vessel of the US Army and the US & Taiwanese Navies
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Mark and space
Mark and space are terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a communications signal, generally at the physical layer of a communications system. The terms derive from the early days of the electric telegraph syst ...
, terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a signal
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Marked (disambiguation) Markedness
In linguistics and social sciences, markedness is the state of standing out as nontypical or divergent as opposed to regular or common. In a marked–unmarked relation, one term of an opposition is the broader, dominant one. The dom ...
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Marc (disambiguation) Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...
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The Mark (disambiguation)
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Marker (disambiguation)
The term Marker may refer to:
Common uses
* Marker (linguistics), a morpheme that indicates some grammatical function
* Marker (telecommunications), a special-purpose computer
* Boundary marker, an object that identifies a land boundary
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Marking (disambiguation)
Marking may refer to:
Symbols
Marking may refer to human-made symbols and annotations in several contexts:
On vehicles
* Aircraft marking
* Emergency vehicle equipment markings
** Battenburg markings, emergency vehicle patterns
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Marks (disambiguation)
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Marque (disambiguation)
A marque or brand is a set of marketing and communication methods that help to distinguish a company from competitors.
Marque may also refer to:
People
* Marque (musician), Austrian pop singer
* Albert Marque (1872–1939), French sculptor and ...
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St. Mark's (disambiguation)
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