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Marmara, Greece Sfakiá ( el, Σφακιά) is a mountainous area in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, in the Chania regional unit. It is considered to be one of the few places in Greece that have never been fully occupied by foreign powers. With a ...

, mountainous area on Crete *

Neos Marmaras Neos Marmaras ( el, Νέος Μαρμαράς, ''Néos Marmarás'', , "New Marmara") is a town on the Sithonia peninsula, in the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece. In 2011, Neos Marmaras had 3,352 permanent residents; however, the summer-time populat ...

, a village in Greece * Marmara Town, a town in Nigeria *

Marmara (Lycia) Marmara was a town of ancient Lycia, whose inhabitants put up a ferocious defense to Alexander the Great during his invasion. The name does not appear in history, but the ethnonym is cited by Diodorus Siculus. The town's territory is called Mna ...

, a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey *

Marmara Region The Marmara Region ( Turkish: ''Marmara Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. Located in northwestern Turkey, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to the ...

, comprising 11 provinces of Turkey ** Sea of Marmara, an inland sea in Marmara Region, Turkey * Marmara Island, an island in Balıkesir Province, Marmara *

Marmara District Marmara is an archipelagic district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. It comprises Marmara, Avşa, Ekinlik and Paşalimanı Paşalimanı Island ( tr, Paşalimanı Adası), formerly Halone ( gr, Ἁλώνη), is a small List of islands of Turkey, ...

, a district in Balıkesir Province, Marmara *

Lake Marmara Lake Marmara ( tr, Marmara Gölü) is a lake in Manisa Province, western Turkey, bordered by the district areas of Gölmarmara to the northwest, whose name itself is inspired by the lake, and in larger part by Salihli. Lake Marmara is located in ...

, a lake in Manisa Province *

Marmara Ereğlisi Marmara Ereğlisi (also spelled Marmaraereğlisi) () is a town, located in a district bearing the same name, in Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor, , is Hikmet Ata (DSP). Facts Ereğli is 30 km east of the tow ...

, a town in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey * Marmara Sea, the body of water to the south of

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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Marmara (beer) Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...

* ''Marmara'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Marmara'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Armenian language * Marmara University *

Tour of Marmara The Tour of Marmara ( tr, Uluslararası Marmara Bisiklet Turu) is an international road cycling race organized by the Turkish Cycling Federation at towns in eastern Marmara Region of Turkey. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour having a rating of 2.2 ...

, an international cycling tour in Marmara Region

People with the surname

Nilgün Marmara Nilgün Marmara (13 February 1958 – 13 October 1987) was a Turkish poet. Life Nilgün Marmara was born on 13 February 1958, in Moda, Istanbul, as one of the two daughters of a Balkan immigrant family. Her father Fikri Marmara, a Marxist, ...

(1958–1987), Turkish poet *

Pembe Marmara Pembe Marmara (25 December 1925 – 31 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot poet. She was one of the most important Turkish Cypriot poets of the 1940s and one of the earliest female Turkish Cypriot poets. Her poetry was influenced heavily by the Ga ...

(1925–1984), Turkish Cypriot poet

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