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aq⋅ua⋅ma⋅rine

  [ak-wuh-muh-reen, ah-kwuh-]
–noun
1. a transparent, light-blue or greenish-blue variety of beryl, used as a gem.
2. light blue-green or greenish blue.
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Origin:
1590–1600; < L aqua marīna sea water (named from its color). See aqua, marine
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aq·ua·ma·rine   (āk'wə-mə-rēn', ä'kwə-)   
n.  

  1. A transparent blue-green variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.

  2. A pale blue to light greenish blue.


[Latin aqua marīna, sea water : aqua, water; see aqua + marīna, of the sea; see marine.]
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Word Origin & History

aquamarine 
1598, "bluish-green type of beryl," from Fr. or Prov., from L. aqua marina "sea water," from aqua "water" + marina, fem. of marinus "of the sea." Apparently first used as a description of a bluish-green color by John Ruskin, 1846. Abbreviation aqua is attested from 1936.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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