Marina

¹ American  

[muh-ree-nuh] / məˈri nə /

noun

1. a town in W California.

2. a female given name.

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marina ² American  

[muh-ree-nuh] / məˈri nə /

noun

1. a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.

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marina British  

/ məˈriːnə /

noun

1. an elaborate docking facility for pleasure boats

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Etymology

Origin of marina

1795–1805; < Italian, Spanish, noun use of feminine of marino < Latin marīnus marine

Example Sentences

Miami was a boat town, but all the marinas were way out on the ocean.

From Literature

What little water is left in the marina is shallow, not enough to float a boat.

From BBC

He goes to the boathouse for his ablutions, walks his chihuahua around the marina and rides an electric skateboard into the nearby neighborhoods for a change of scenery.

From Los Angeles Times

Smith highlighted the new marina centre, the regeneration of the Winter Gardens and the conversion of the Palmers building into a library and university campus.

From BBC

Detroit also has a water-based drone that filters up to 200 pounds of debris daily from the island’s streams and marina.

From The Wall Street Journal