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mare (s) (noun), maria (pl)
1. Any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars.

    A reference to one of the large dark expanses of basalt on the moon and Mars, many of which fill impact basis; for example,

  • Mare Nubium, "Sea of Clouds".
  • Mare Serenitatis, "Sea of Serenity".
  • Mare Tranquillitatis, "Sea of Tranquility".

So named because Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.
2. Etymology: from Latin mare, "sea".

3. A fully mature female horse or other equine animal: Little Susi was finally old enough to ride on her mare!
4. Etymology: from Middle English mere, mare; from Old Saxon mere to Old English mearh, "horse"; so, it is obvious that this mare is not related to the other mare referring to the "sea".

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mare (MAIR) (noun)
A female horse which is old enough to breed: Eric bought a new mare for his riding stable.
mare (MAIR) (noun)
A Latin element meaning "sea": "Marine", "mariner", and "submarine" are just a few of many words that come from the Latin mare.
mayor (MAY uhr, MAIR uhr) (noun)
An elected or appointed official who serves as chief magistrate of a city: Priscilla's uncle was voted for mayor of the municipality three times in a row.

The newly elected mayor, who came from the mare region of the country, rode a white mare to her installation ceremony.

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(Latin: sea; ocean)
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A mari usque ad mare (Latin phrase)
From the sea all the way to the sea.

The motto of the Dominion of Canada; also meaning, "From sea to sea."

In fact, for both Canada and the United States, the "seas" are really oceans. Although the Romans had the word oceanus, which they borrowed from the Greek okeanos, in Homer, it was considered to be a river that surrounded the earth.

The word mare was used more often to mean "ocean". Who could know the difference between oceans, seas, and rivers back in ancient Rome or even in Homer's time? In fact, there are many, even in our current existence, who cannot explain the differences.

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mare clausum (s) (noun), mare clausa (pl)
A Latin expression indicating that a navigable body of water, such as a sea, is under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others: In the book that James was reading, the ocean was a mare clausum. and to be used only by the king's country, and was not passable by any other kingdom.
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mare liberum (s) (noun) (no pl)
A Latin expression meaning that a navigable body of water is accessible to all nations; a free sea: Such oceans that are mare liberum provide equal and free passage to all vessels from all over the world.
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mare liberum
A free sea.

A sea that is open or accessible to the navigation of all nations.

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mare nostrum (s) (noun) (no pl)
A Latin expression meaning "Our sea": Mare nostrum was a Roman term for the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.

A mare nostrum is a navigable body of water, such as a sea, that is under the jurisdiction of one nation or that is shared by two or more nations.

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Scientiae cedit mare (Latin phrase)
The sea yields to knowledge.

Motto of U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, USA.

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ultra mare (adverb) (not comparable)
On the other side, beyond the sea: June found out in her dictionary that plants ultra mare were those that thrived on the far side of an ocean.
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