Marmara

Definition: Marmara

Marmara

Noun

1. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles.

Specialty Definition: Sea of Marmara

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Sea of Marmara (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea that separates the Black Sea from the Aegean Sea (thus the Asian part of Turkey from its European part) by Bosporus and Dardanelles.
There are two major island groups known as Prince and Marmara islands. The latter group is rich in sources of marble and gives the sea its name (marmaros is the Greek word for marble).
Propontis was the ancient Greek name for the sea. The name derives from pro (before) and pont- (sea): the Greeks commonly sailed through the Propontis to reach the Black Sea.
For a map, see: Geography of Turkey
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sea of Marmara."

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Synonyms: Marmara

Synonyms: Marmora (n), Sea of Marmara (n), Sea of Marmora (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Marmara Earthquake Emergency Reconstruction project (geography).

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Crosswords: Marmara

English words defined with "Marmara": Dardanelles ♦ Hellespont. (references)

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Modern Usage: Marmara

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Marmara Hasan (1968)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Marmara

"Shipwreck" by Scheer Jozsef
Commentary: "A wrecked ship on marmara deniz."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Marmara

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Turkey	The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul consistently has expressed interest in reopening its seminary on the island of Halki in the Sea of Marmara. (references)
	Turkey	In October three lawyers and a student were detained while documenting the ban against headscarved students entering the Marmara University Theological Faculty. (references)
Economic History	Turkey	The main Marmara ports, Bandirma, Mudanya, Canakkale and Gemlik, are dwarfed by these in Istanbul. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Marmara

"Marmara" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Marmara" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Marmara

Expression using "Marmara": sea of Marmara. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marmara

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
marmara	93	club marmara	4
marmara üniversitesi	39	denizi marmara	3
marmara universitesi	15	line marmara	3
marmara university	11	club marmara tunisian village	3
marmara hotel	11	koleji marmara	3
marmara hotel istanbul	9	island marmara	3
adası marmara	8	marmara manhattan	3
the marmara bodrum	7	manhattan.com marmara	2
sea of marmara	7	edu marmara tr	2
edu.tr marmara	7	depremi marmara	2
marmara niversitesi	5	map marmara sea	2
adasý marmara	5	marmara üniversitesi.edu.tr	2
adasi marmara	5	marmara nilgün	2
adas marmara	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Marmara

Language		Translations for "Marmara"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		Мраморное море (Sea of Marmara, Sea of Marmora). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Marmara

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-m-m-r-r"
	-1 letter: marram.
	-3 letters: maar, mama.
	-4 letters: ama, arm, mar, ram.
	-5 letters: aa, am, ar, ma, mm.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-m-m-r-r"
	+3 letters: grammarian.
	+4 letters: grammarians.
	+5 letters: armamentaria.
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