Maro
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Maro may refer to:
- A male name emanating from the Republic of Ragusa (today city of Dubrovnik in Croatia) often used by noble families, such as:
- Lucijan Toma Natal Maro Frano Pucic (House of Pucić)
- Maro Bona (old noble family from Dubrovnik)
- Maro JokovićMaro JokovicMaro Joković is a Croatian water polo player. He is a member of the VK Jug Dubrovnik club, and the Croatian National Water Polo team . He plays the right wing position and is left-handed. Joković is tall and weighs .He won the Euro League in 2006 in Dubrovnik and the World Championship in 2007 in...
(Croatian team waterpolo player from Dubrovnik) - Maro Coric (Canadian Lawyer from Dubrovnik)
- A Tahitian men's loin-cloth, now more commonly referred to as a pareoPareoThe pāreu or pareo is the Cook Islands and Tahitian word for a wraparound skirt. Originally it was used only to refer to women's skirts, as men wore a loincloth, called a maro. Nowadays the term is applied to any piece of cloth worn wrapped around the body, worn by males or females...
or pareu. - Maro or MaronMaron (mythology)Maron or Maro in mythology was son of Evanthes Maron or Maro (Greek: Μάρων) in mythology was son of Evanthes Maron or Maro (Greek: Μάρων) in mythology was son of Evanthes (some also call him a son of Oenopion, Silenus or of Bacchus, and a pupil of Seilenus, and grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne. He...
, in Greek mythology he raised DionysusDionysusDionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
as an infant. Later, he became a priest of Apollo. - Maro (spider)
- Maro RiverMaro RiverMaro River flows in Merauke Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. The Maro flows from north-east to south-west, into the Arafura Sea. The river is strongly tidal for most of its length and its lower reaches are affected by salt water. Associated with the river is a complex system of swamps and oxbow...
(Merauke Regency, Indonesia) - VirgilVirgilPublius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
as he is sometimes referred to in English Renaissance literature - Another name for Saint MaronMaronSaint Maroun was a 5th century Syriac Christian monk who after his death was followed by a religious movement that became known as the Maronites. The Church that grew from this movement is the Maronite Church. St. Maroun was known for his missionary work, healing and miracles, and teachings of a...
. - Maro (Armenian female name, short for Mary)
- Maro (Also MaRo) is the nickname for longtime Magic: The GatheringMagic: The GatheringMagic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
card designer Mark RosewaterMark RosewaterMark Rosewater is a Magic: The Gathering card designer. He is currently Magics head designer.-Biography:Rosewater grew up in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where he attended the Orange High School. Rosewater has a Jewish background. Rosewater has described himself in his youth as a "social outcast", who did...
. The truncated version of his name is both a card and a common shorthand around the Magic playing community. "Maro" cards (of which there are eight as of Time Spiral) reference the number of cards in players' hands and grow more powerful the more there are. - Maro (Black Cat), a fictional sumo wrestler
- Another form of the female name Maria in Greek