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Mariel

Mariel proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Mariel

  1. A female given name.
  2. A city and bay in northwest Cuba.
  3. The Mariel boatlift, when some 125,000 Cubans entered the United States.

Noun

Mariel (plural Mariels)

  1. Someone who arrived in the US during the Mariel boatlift; a Marielito.
    • I happened to be in the coroner's office one morning when autopsies were being performed on the bodies of two Mariels, shot and apparently pushed from a car on I-95 about nine the evening before […].1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 34

Forms of Mariel

pluralMariels
alternative formMariele
alternative formMariela
alternative formMariella
alternative formMarielle
alternative formMariell

Origin of Mariel

From Mary + -el.

Questions about Mariel

What does Mariel mean?
Mariel means a female given name.
What part of speech is Mariel?
Mariel can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Mariel in the dictionary

  1. Marie-Foix syndrome
  2. Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
  3. Marie-Galante
  4. Marie-Kondo
  5. Mariehamn
  6. Mariel
  7. Mariela
  8. Mariele
  9. Marielito
  10. Marielitos
  11. Mariell

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