March (disambiguation)
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March or Marche may refer to:
- March (month)
- March (surname)March (surname)March is a surname, and may refer to many people.-A:* Arnau March , Provenço-Catalan knight and poet* Ausiàs March , Valencian poet in the Catalan language-F:...
Marching
- MarchingMarchingSee also: Loaded marchMarching refers to the organized, uniformed, steady and rhythmic walking forward, usually associated with military troops.Marching is often performed to march music, and often associated with military parades....
, the walking of military troops and such in procession according to a steady rhythm - March (music)March (music)A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...
, a music genre for marching - ParadeParadeA parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind...
, a procession of people - Demonstration (people)Demonstration (people)A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as...
, if held in the form of a procession over a long distance - Death marchDeath marchA death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees. Those marching must walk over long distances for an extremely long period of time and are not supplied with food or water...
(war crime) - The March (1945)The March (1945)"The March" refers to a series of death marches during the final stages of the Second World War in Europe. From a total of 257,000 western Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps, over 80,000 POWs were forced to march westward across Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Germany in...
, death march during the final months of the Second World War in Europe
Toponymy
- March (territory) or "mark", border regions, of importance in the Medieval history of various countries
- Earl of MarchEarl of MarchThe title The Earl of March has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England. The title derived from the "marches" or boundaries between England and either Wales or Scotland , and was held by several great feudal families which owned lands in those border...
, earldoms in England and Scotland - March, BreisgauMarch, BreisgauMarch is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.-History:The four villages of Buchheim, Hugstetten, Neuershausen and Holzhausen merged in 1973 to the new community of March.-Coat of arms:...
, a municipality in the rural district of Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBreisgau-HochschwarzwaldBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district...
, Germany - March, CambridgeshireMarch, CambridgeshireMarch is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council.The town was an important...
, in England - March District, in Switzerland
- Marches (Italy), in Italy
- March Air Reserve BaseMarch Air Reserve BaseMarch Joint Air Reserve Base is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 4th Air Force Headquarters and the 452d Air Mobility Wing , the largest air mobility wing of the 4th Air Force...
, a military base in Riverside, California named after Peyton C. March, Jr.Peyton C. March, Jr.Peyton Conway March, Jr. was an American soldier and pioneer aviator. He was the son of Peyton C. March and Josephine Smith Cunningham and was born at Fort Monroe where his father was stationed....
(1896–1914) - Marches, DrômeMarches, DrômeMarches is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Population:...
, a commune in the Drôme department in France
Literature and popular culture
- March (novel)March (novel)March is a novel by Geraldine Brooks. It is a parallel novel that retells Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women from the point of view of Alcott's protagonists' absent father. Brooks has inserted the novel into the classic tale, revealing the events surrounding March's absence during the American...
, a novel by Geraldine Brooks - The March (novel)The March (novel)The March is a 2005 historical fiction novel by E. L. Doctorow. It won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award/Fiction .-Plot summary:...
, 2005 historical fiction novel by E. L. DoctorowE. L. DoctorowEdgar Lawrence Doctorow is an American author.- Biography :Edgar Lawrence Doctorow was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent... - March (Michael Penn album)March (Michael Penn album)March is the debut album of singer-songwriter Michael Penn, released in 1989.It featured the singles "No Myth", "This and That", and "Brave New World". In 1990, "No Myth" peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, #5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #4 on the Modern...
, an album by Michael PennMichael PennMichael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:... - March (Lene Lovich album)March (Lene Lovich album)March is a 1989 musical album by British-based American new wave singer Lene Lovich. Released on Pathfinder Records, it was her first new full-length album since No Man's Land in 1982. Still partnered with Les Chappell, who performs on the album and produces, Lovich sings 10 new songs on this...
, an album by Lene LovichLene LovichLene Lovich is an American singer based in England, who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her most popular hit single was "Lucky Number", first released in 1979.-Early years:... - "March", a song by AvailAvailAvail is a punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Northern Virginia, the band formed in 1987, its members including Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brian Stewart, and Mikey Warstler. The only original remaining member, guitar player Joe Banks, teamed up with rival band LDK's Tim Barry...
from their 1992 album SatiateSatiateSatiate is the first album released by Avail in 1992. Satiate was originally released on the band's own Catheter-Assembly Records, then re-released on Old Glory Records later that year. In 1994, Lookout! Records issued the album on CD with two additional tracks, taken from Avail's 7" release... - March, surname of the family portrayed in Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel Little WomenLittle WomenLittle Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott . The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869...
- Marche Radiuju, a character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Brands
- Nissan MarchNissan MarchThe Nissan Micra, known in Latin America and in most of Asia as the Nissan and in North America as the Nissan Versa , is a supermini produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1982.-Micra K10:...
, a compact car - March EngineeringMarch EngineeringMarch Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,...
, a Formula One Team and racing car constructor - March EntertainmentMarch EntertainmentMarch Entertainment is a Canadian producer of digital animated entertainment for television and the World Wide Web. The company's properties include the television series Chilly Beach, Maple Shorts, Yam Roll and Dex Hamilton....
, an animation production company
Abbreviations
- M.Arch., meaning Master of Architecture, a First or Post-Professional Degree in Architecture
- MARCH – Medically Aware and Responsible Citizens of HyderabadMedically Aware and Responsible Citizens of HyderabadMedically Aware and Responsible Citizens of Hyderabad abbreviated as MARCH is a social organization of Medical professionals working for the improvement of Hyderabad. The MARCH organizes seminars and lectures of public interest regularly....