Marca may refer to:

Places

Marca, Sălaj Marca () is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Leșmir (''Lecsmér''), Marca, Marca-Huta (''Bulyovszkytelep''), Porț (''Porc'') and Șumal (''Somály''). Sights * Wooden C ...

, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania * Marca, a tributary of the Barcău in Sălaj County, Romania * an alternative name for

Merca Merca (, ) is the capital city of the Lower Shebelle province of Somalia, a historic port city in the region. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory of the Bimal c ...

, Somalia * Marca District, in the province Recuay, Peru * Marçà, a village of about 600 near Falset, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain * Eparchy of Marča, historical Orthodox bishopric in Croatia

Regions (marches)

* Marca is the Latin term for border regions known as a Marks or

Marches In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a state's "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which diffe ...

* Marca Aleramica, created in 961 in western Liguria and named after Aleramo * Marca Anconetana, created in 1198 and centred on Macerata in eastern central Italy * Marca di Ancona, the March of Ancona, an alternative name for the Marca Anconetana * Marca Arduinica, or march of Turin, founded in 941 and named after Arduin Glaber *

Marca Geronis The ''Marca Geronis'' or March of Gero was a vast marches, super-march in the middle of the tenth century. It was probably created for Thietmar, Margrave of Merseburg, Thietmar in the 920s and passed consecutively to his two sons, Siegfried, Margra ...

, a tenth-century march in Saxony, centred on Merseburg *

Marca Hispanica The Spanish March or Hispanic March was a march or military buffer zone established c. 795 by Charlemagne in the eastern Pyrenees and nearby areas, to protect the new territories of the Christian Carolingian Empire—the Duchy of Gascony, the D ...

, or Spanish March, or March of Barcelona, created in 795 * Marca Januensis, centred on Genoa, an alternative name for the Marca Obertenga *

Marca Obertenga The March of Genoa or Eastern Liguria was created in 961 by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The formal history of the march began around 951 after Berengar of Ivrea became the king of Italy. At that time Berengar completed the reorganization of the mil ...

, created in 961 in eastern Liguria and named after Oberto I *

Marca Trevigiana The March of Treviso (, or ) was a medieval territory in Venetia, between the Garda and the Julian March. The territory corresponded roughly to the region around the city of Treviso, including Belluno, Feltre, and Ceneda and the dioceses of ...

, or March of Treviso, a medieval territory in Venetia *

Marca Veronensis et Aquileiensis Marca may refer to: Places * Marca, Sălaj, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania * Marca, a tributary of the Barcău in Sălaj County, Romania * an alternative name for Merca, Somalia * Marca District, in the province Recuay, Peru * Marçà, a vill ...

, or March of Verona, created after 945 and centred on Verona and Aquileia

People

Conrad Marca-Relli Conrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 – August 29, 2000) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been rec ...

(1913–2000), an American artist

Biology

* ''Marca'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Erebidae *

Marca's marmoset The Marca's marmoset (''Mico marcai'') is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã- Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is abou ...

, marmoset species endemic to Brazil

Other uses

* Marca, another name for

Genfo Genfo (, ''gänəfo''), Ga’at (, ''ga'atə''), or Marca ( Oromiffa: Marqaa) is a stiff porridge-like substance that is normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pu ...

, a porridge dish * ''Marca'' (newspaper), a Spanish daily sports newspaper *

Marca da bollo The Italian revenue stamp, referred to as a "marca da bollo" in Italian, is a revenue stamp that has been used in Italy beginning in 1863 as payment for the validation of acts and public documents (for example, notarial acts, statements, passports ...

, an Italian revenue stamp *

Marca registrada A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from oth ...

, Spanish and Portuguese term for trademark *

Marca-Tre-Spade The Marca-Tre-Spade was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1911. The four-cylinder ioe 24 hp cars, with four-speed gearboxes, were the product of a well-known gunsmith. References * David Burgess-Wise David Burgess-Wise ...

, an Italian automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1911 * Marca Trevigiana Calcio a 5, a futsal club from Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.

Places

Regions (marches)

People

Biology

Other uses

See also