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Marine


Marine or '''Marines''' may refer to: __NOTOC__
- Marine (ocean), a general term relating to the sea, ocean or the science Oceanography
- Marine (military), a member of the military in an infantry or amphibious force under the authority of a navy, or in several cases, of an independent amphibious force (e.g., the United States Marine Corps)
    - The military rank of "Marine", being the entry level soldier in the Other Ranks of the Royal Marines
    - Royal Marines, a branch of the UK military
    - United States Marine Corps, a branch of the U.S. military
    - Netherlands Marine Corps, a branch of the Dutch military
- Marine engineering
- A term for a navy, uncommon in English
    - The History of the Indian Navy#Origins|British East India Company's Marine or History of the Indian Navy#Origins|Honourable East India Company's Marine, a colonial precursor of the Indian Navy that existed from 1612 to 1686
    - History of the Indian Navy#Expansion|Bombay Marine, a colonial precursor of the Indian Navy that existed from 1686 to 1830 and from 1863 to 1877
    - ''Deutsche Marine'', the German Navy
    - History of the Indian Navy#Expansion|Her Majesty's Indian Marine, a colonial precursor of the Indian Navy that existed from 1877 to 1892
    - ''Koninklijke Marine'', the Royal Dutch Navy
    - ''Marine nationale'', the French Navy
    - History of the Indian Navy#Expansion|Royal Indian Marine, a colonial precursor of the Indian Navy that existed from 1892 to 1934
- Merchant marine, synonymous in (primarily) British usage with "Merchant Navy," a collective term for all of the merchant ships, shipping companies, and merchant mariners, usually of a particular country (see Ship transport)

Places


- Marine, Illinois, United States
- Marine City, Michigan, United States
- Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, United States
- Marines, Val-d'Oise, France
- Marines, Valencia, Spain

Entertainment


- Marine (book)|''Marine'' (book), a book about the United States Marine Corps written by Tom Clancy in 1996
- ''The Marine'', a film
- Marine F.C., an English football team from Merseyside
- Space Marine, in science fiction, a soldier who serves aboard a spacecraft and/or who is trained to fight in space or in planetary attacks
- Other_characters_in_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_%28games%29#Marine_the_Raccoon|Marine the Raccoon, a character from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series of video games

Other uses


- West Marine Ltd., part of the Peel Engineering Company, makers of fiberglass boats
- Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team
- Marine can also be a name for girls.

See also


- Marina (disambiguation)
- Mariner (disambiguation)
- Portal:Nautical simple:Marine

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