Maria

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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noun

a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, variant of mere, Old English m(i)ere; cognate with Dutch merrie, German Mähre, Old Norse merr; akin to Old English mearh, Old Norse marr, Irish marc horse. See marshal

noun Obsolete.

nightmare ( def 3 ).

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Mahre, Old Norse mara. See nightmare

noun, plural ma·ri·a

[mahr-ee-uh, mair-] . Astronomy.

any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.

Origin:
1680–90; < Latin: sea

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mare¹ (mɛə)

—n
	the adult female of a horse or zebra

[C12: from Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German mariha, Old Norse merr mare]

mare² (ˈmɑːreɪ, -rɪ)

—n , pl maria
1.	(capital when part of a name) any of a large number of huge dry plains on the surface of the moon, visible as dark markings and once thought to be seas: Mare Imbrium (Sea of Showers)
2.	a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum

[from Latin: sea]

maria (ˈmɑːrɪə)

—n
	the plural of mare

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Word Origin & History

mare

"female horse," O.E. mere (Mercian), myre (W.Saxon), fem. of O.E. mearh "horse," from P.Gmc. *markhjon (cf. O.S. meriha, O.N. merr, O.Fris. merrie, Ger. Mähre "mare"), said to be of Gaulish origin (cf. Ir. and Gael. marc, Welsh march, Bret. marh "horse"). No known cognates beyond Gmc. and Celtic.

As the name of a throw in wrestling, it is attested from c.1600. Mare's nest "illusory discovery, excitement over something which does not exist" is from 1610s.

mare

"broad, dark areas of the moon," 1765, from L. mare "sea" (see marine), applied to lunar features by Galileo and used in 17c. Latin works. They originally were thought to be actual seas.

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Science Dictionary

mare

(mä'rā) Pronunciation Key
Plural maria (mä'rē-ə)
Any of the large, low-lying dark areas on the Moon or on Mars or other inner planets. The lunar maria are believed to consist of volcanic basalts, and many are believed to be basins formed initially by large impacts with meteoroids and later filled with lava flows. Compare terra.

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