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Mark.

A male given name from Latin.

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Meaning & usage

name/maːk/Australia/mɑː(ɹ)k/UK/mɑɹk/US
  1. A male given name from Latin.

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  2. A surname.

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  3. Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.

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  4. The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

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  5. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

noun/maːk/Australia/mɑː(ɹ)k/UK/mɑɹk/US
  1. Abbreviation of Markarian.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

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