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Mariels

Mariels is the plural of Mariel.

Meaning of Mariel

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

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Questions about Mariels

What is Mariels the plural of?
Mariels is the plural of Mariel.

Words near Mariels in the dictionary

  1. Marielito
  2. Marielitos
  3. Mariell
  4. Mariella
  5. Marielle
  6. Mariels
  7. Marien
  8. Marienbadism
  9. Marienfelde
  10. mariengroschen
  11. Mariens

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