Marin
Encyclopedia

Places

  • Marin, Haute-Savoie
    Marin, Haute-Savoie
    Marin is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...

    , a commune in France
  • Le Marin
    Le Marin
    Le Marin is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.-Points of interest:In Le Marin there is Église du Marin, an old church built in 1766. It contains a marble altar and some figurettes worth seeing.-External links:*...

    , a commune in the French overseas department of Martinique
  • Marín, Nuevo León
    Marín, Nuevo León
    Marín is a town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. the municipality was named in honor of Dr. Primo Feliciano Marin de Porras, Bishop of Linares. It has an area of 129 square kilometres territorial.-Geography:...

    , a town and municipality in Mexico
  • Marín, Pontevedra
    Marín, Pontevedra
    Marín is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. In this town is settled the Spanish Navy as the “Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales of Marin is located here.-Demographics:Population growth....

    , a municipality in Galicia, Spain
  • Marin County, California
    Marin County, California
    Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...

  • Marin, California, former name of Point Reyes Station, California
    Point Reyes Station, California
    Point Reyes Station is small unincorporated town located in western Marin County, California. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is located along State Route 1 and is a gateway to the Point Reyes National Seashore, an extremely...

  • Marin City, California
    Marin City, California
    Marin City, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. It is located northwest of downtown Sausalito, at an elevation of 23 feet . Marin City was developed for housing starting in 1942, to accommodate war-time shipyard workers and other...

  • The Marin Headlands
    Marin Headlands
    The Marin Headlands is a hilly area at the southernmost end of Marin County, California, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The Headlands are located just north of San Francisco, immediately across the Golden Gate Bridge. The entire area is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...

    , California
  • Marin Hills
    Marin Hills
    The Marin Hills are a series of steep high ridges and peaks in southern Marin County. They are a part of the long Pacific Coast Ranges mountain system. The centerpoint of these hills is the 2,571 foot Mount Tamalpais near Mill Valley...

    , in southern Marin County, California
  • Marin Islands
    Marin Islands
    Marin Islands are the two islands, East Marin and West Marin, situated offshore from San Rafael, California in the San Pablo Bay extension of San Francisco Bay. The islands comprise the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1992...

    , California
  • Marin Creek
    Marin Creek
    Marin Creek is a creek tributary of Codornices Creek in northwestern Alameda County, California. The lower stretch of Marin Creek is also known as Village Creek.-Overview:...

    , California
  • Marin Boulevard
    Marin Boulevard
    Luis Munoz Marin Boulevard is a street which runs from the Morris Canal through Downtown Jersey City to just over the city line in Hoboken and is in two sections designated Hudson CountyCounty Route 637....

    , Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Marin, a village in Crasna
    Crasna, Salaj
    Crasna or Kraszna is a commune in Sălaj County, northwestern Romania. It lies 14 km northwest of Zalău and 11 km southeast of Şimleu Silvaniei, on the Crasna River. It has 6,373 inhabitants...

     Commune, Sălaj County, Romania
  • Marin, a village in Iran

People

  • Marin (name), the surname and those persons with this surname
  • Chief Marin
    Chief Marin
    Chief Marin was the "great chief of the tribe Licatiut" , according to General Vallejo's semi-historical report to the first California State Legislature in 1850...

     (c. 1781-1839), a Native American chief
  • Marin Alsop
    Marin Alsop
    Marin Alsop is an American conductor and violinist. She is the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.In 2012, Alsop will replace Yan Pascal Tortelier as principal conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra....

     (born 1956), American conductor and violinist, and music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Marin Aničić (born 1989), Bosnian football player
  • Marin Barleti
    Marin Barleti
    Marin Barleti . was an Albanian historian and Catholic priest. He is considered the first Albanian historian, especially because of his biography on Skanderbeg, translated in many languages in the 16th to the 18th centuries.-Life:Barleti lived in Shkodër and was a scholar and a clergyman...

     (c. 1450-c. 1520), Albanian historian and Catholic priest
  • Marin Boucher
    Marin Boucher
    Marin Boucher , was a pioneer of early New France and one of the most prolific ancestors of French Canada, being the ancestor of most of the Bouchers of North America, particularly in the Province of Quebec, Northern New Brunswick, Ontario and Western Canada...

     (1587 or 1589-1671), early settler in New France
  • Marin Ceauşescu
    Marin Ceausescu
    Marin Ceauşescu was a Romanian economist and diplomat, the older brother of Communist Romania's President Nicolae Ceauşescu....

     (1916-1989), Romanian economist and diplomat, and older brother of former President Nicolae Ceauşescu
  • Marin Čilić
    Marin Cilic
    Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...

     (born 1988), Croatian professional tennis player
  • Marin Drinov
    Marin Drinov
    Professor Marin Stoyanov Drinov was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life...

     (1838-1906), Bulgarian historian and philologist
  • Marin Držić
    Marin Držic
    Marin Držić is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer.- Life :Born into a large and well to do family in Dubrovnik, Držić was trained and ordained as a priest — a calling very unsuitable for his rebel temperament...

     (1508-1567), Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer
  • Marin Getaldić
    Marin Getaldic
    Marin Getaldić was a scientist from the Republic of Ragusa. A mathematician and physicist who studied in Italy, England and Belgium, his best results are mainly in physics, especially optics, and mathematics. He was one of the few students of François Viète....

     (1568-1626), mathematician and physicist born in Dubrovnik
  • Marin Goleminov
    Marin Goleminov
    Marin Petrov Goleminov was a Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue.Goleminov was born in Kyustendil; the son of an attorney, he studied law before switching to music...

     (1908-2000), Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue
  • Marin Hinkle
    Marin Hinkle
    Marin Elizabeth Hinkle is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan Harper's ex-wife on the hit series Two and a Half Men and her role as Judy Brooks the sister of the series lead Lily Manning on Once and Again.-Career:Hinkle started her career on...

     (born 1966), actress
  • Marin Ireland
    Marin Ireland
    Marin Ireland is an American film, stage and television actress.She won the 2009 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in reasons to be pretty.-Education:...

    , American actress
  • Marin Karmitz
    Marin Karmitz
    Marin Karmitz is a French jewish businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas....

     (born 1938), French businessman, film producer, director and distributor
  • Marin Marais
    Marin Marais
    Marin Marais was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles...

     (1656-1728), French Baroque music composer
  • Marin Mazzie
    Marin Mazzie
    Marin Joy Mazzie is an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theater. She was nominated for the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Olivier Award for her role as Lilli/Katharine in Kiss Me, Kate, and won the Outer Critics Circle Award...

     (born 1960), American actress and singer
  • Marin Mersenne
    Marin Mersenne
    Marin Mersenne, Marin Mersennus or le Père Mersenne was a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics"...

     (1588-1648), French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist
  • Marin Preda
    Marin Preda
    Marin Preda was a Romanian novelist, one of the best-known post-WWII Romanian writers.Preda was born in Teleorman county, in a village called Siliştea-Gumeşti, into a family of peasants. He first studied at school in his home village, then schools in Abrud and Cristur-Odorhei...

     (1922-1980), Romanian novelist
  • Marin Rozić
    Marin Rozic
    Marin Rozić is a Croatian professional basketball player. He was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. He is 6'8" in height and 220 pounds in weight. He plays at the small forward position...

     (born 1983), Croatian professional basketball player
  • Marin Sais
    Marin Sais
    Marin Sais was an American motion picture actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s...

     (1890–1971), American film actress
  • Marin Soljačić
    Marin Soljacic
    Marin Soljačić is a Croatian physicist and electrical engineer known for wireless non-radiative energy transfer.-Biography:...

     (born 1974), Croatian physicist and electrical engineer
  • Marin, alias of Japanese DJ Yoshinori Sunahara
    Yoshinori Sunahara
    Yoshinori Sunahara is a Japanese DJ and club programmer, particularly prominent in the Shibuya-kei and chillout scene. He was born in Sapporo, Japan, on September 13, 1969. His style consists of a mixture of funk, bossa nova, Shibuya-kei, and 70s music...

  • Marin Sorescu
    Marin Sorescu
    - Biography :Born to a family of farmworkers in Bulzeşti, Dolj County, Sorescu graduated from the primary school in his home village. After that he went to the Buzesti Brothers High School in Craiova, after which he was transferred to the Predeal Military School. His final education was at the...

     (1936-1996), Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist, and Minister of Culture
  • Marin Skender
    Marin Skender
    Marin Skender is a Croatian football goalkeeper.-Career:Advancing through the youth ranks of NK Osijek, Skender went on to start his senior career with amateur side NK Olimpija Osijek in 2000, moving to NK Vukovar '91 the following year...

     (born 1979), Croatian football goalkeeper


Fictional characters
  • Marin Frist, main character in the TV series Men in Trees
    Men in Trees
    Men in Trees is an American romantic television dramedy series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships...

  • Marin, in the Game Boy game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
    The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
    The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, known as in Japan, is a 1993 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy...


Other

  • Marin (wind)
    Marin (wind)
    The Marin is a warm, moist wind in the Gulf of Lion of France, blowing from the southeast or south-southeast onto the coast of Languedoc and Roussillon. It brings rain to this region which it has picked up crossing the Mediterranean, and also can bring coastal fog...

    , a type of wind in France
  • "Marin", French language version title of the song "Sailor
    Sailor (Song)
    Sailor is a song written by Werner Scharfenberger and Fini Busch which via a 1960 recording by Lolita became an international hit, with its #5 peak on the Hot 100 chart in Billboard making "Sailor" the most successful American hit sung in German until 99 Luftballons by Nena in 1984.With English...

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  • Marin Bikes, bicycle manufacturer based in California
  • 2K Marin
    2K Marin
    2K Marin is an American and Australian video game developer based in Novato, California and Canberra, Australia. The studio's main focus according to press releases is to develop new intellectual property and co-develop products with other 2K studios....

    , American and Australian video game developer
  • College of Marin
    College of Marin
    The College of Marin is a community college in Marin County, California, U.S., with two campuses, one in Kentfield, and the second in Novato. It is the only institution operated by the Marin Community College District. Its chief executive officer is currently Superintendent/President David Wain...

    , a community college in Marin County, California
  • Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), an oceanographic institute

See also

  • Saint Marinus
    Saint Marinus
    Saint Marinus was the founder of the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, in 301. Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab on the other side of the Adriatic Sea , fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution...

    , the founder of San Marino
  • Marina
    Marina
    A marina is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters....

  • Marine (disambiguation)
  • Marini (disambiguation)
  • Marino (disambiguation)
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